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Daily Lotto · draw

Sunday, 5 January 2025

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 9
  4. 12
  5. 28

JackpotZAR 350,000

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 2,123 of 3,029 under them

← 2025-01-04All recent draws2025-01-06 →

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 feed3 5 9 12 2829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd67th
  • low90th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread48th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 295 of each

3264times
5305times
9302times
12300times
28

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 793kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1Mto 211k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 50 winnerschance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • 447%ZAR 492.3K
  • 317%ZAR 177.5K
  • 236%ZAR 378K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 50≈ 2.1 by chanceZAR 350,000
  2. 4

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294times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,122 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, 9, 12, 28) with the draw of 23 September 2022 — its closest relative in 2,122 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 58% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2025): 12 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

57

The numbers add up to 57 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 15 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 2.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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 →
381≈ 326 by chance
ZAR 1,292
  • 310,440≈ 9.8k by chanceZAR 17.00
  • 294,511≈ 95k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -105,332—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈793k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,440 winners, 7% more than the 9.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    50ZAR 350,000
    4381ZAR 1,292
    310,440ZAR 17.00
    294,511ZAR 4.00
    -105,332—