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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 2 October 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 11
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 34

JackpotZAR 689,661

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 2,029 of 3,029 under them

← 2024-10-01All recent draws2024-10-03 →

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 feed2 11 29 30 3429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 October 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread89th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 282 of each

2284times
11281times
29286times
30268times
34

Prize breakdown · 2024-10-02

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.9Mto 330k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 54 winnerschance said 3.3

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 689.7K
  • 317%ZAR 316.2K
  • 239%ZAR 747.8K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 158.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 54≈ 3.3 by chance

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291times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,028 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (2, 29, 30, 34) with the draw of 23 January 2022 — its closest relative in 2,028 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 57% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 October 2024): 34 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 18 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 172,415
  • 4422≈ 516 by chanceZAR 376
  • 315,057≈ 15k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 2149,561≈ 150k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -165,044—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 4 — 422 winners, 18% fewer than the 516 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    54ZAR 172,415
    4422ZAR 376
    315,057ZAR 21.00
    2149,561ZAR 5.00
    -165,044—