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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 21 August 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 22
  3. 27
  4. 28
  5. 34

JackpotZAR 487,967

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/36 · since Mar 2019draw 1,987 of 3,029 under them

← 2024-08-20All recent draws2024-08-22 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 22 27 28 3429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd33th
  • low10th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread73th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 276 of each

5287times
22288times
27279times
28273times
34

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-21

  • Lines in play≈ 890kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.3Mto 234k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.4

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 488K
  • 316%ZAR 215.1K
  • 239%ZAR 530.5K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 112.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.4 by chance

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282times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,986 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (5, 22, 27, 34) with the draw of 24 December 2022 — its closest relative in 1,986 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 56% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2024): 28 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 9 draws. A number waits about 7 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 487,967
  • 4367≈ 366 by chanceZAR 306
  • 310,755≈ 11k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 2106,100≈ 106k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -117,223—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈890k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,755 winners, 2% fewer than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 487,967
    4367ZAR 306
    310,755ZAR 20.00
    2106,100ZAR 5.00
    -117,223—