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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 16 January 2025

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 24
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 28

JackpotZAR 525,092

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 2,134 of 3,029 under them

← 2025-01-15All recent draws2025-01-17 →

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 feed13 24 26 27 2829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd33th
  • low10th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread7th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 296 of each

13284times
24290times
26271times
27300times
28

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-16

  • Lines in play≈ 925kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.4Mto 244k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 56 winnerschance said 2.5

Where the money went

  • 537%ZAR 525.1K
  • 317%ZAR 237.1K
  • 238%ZAR 551.3K
  • 1 other tier8.4%ZAR 120.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 56≈ 2.5 by chance

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296times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,133 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 3 of 5 numbers (13, 24, 27) with the draw of 29 November 2024 — its closest relative in 2,133 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 2025): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27, 27–28. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 34 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 1.0× 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 87,515
  • 4349≈ 380 by chanceZAR 346
  • 311,292≈ 11k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 2110,259≈ 110k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -121,906—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈925k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 11,292 winners, 1% 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
    56ZAR 87,515
    4349ZAR 346
    311,292ZAR 21.00
    2110,259ZAR 5.00
    -121,906—