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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 January 2025

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 14
  5. 20

JackpotZAR 499,146

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 2,136 of 3,029 under them

← 2025-01-17All recent draws2025-01-19 →

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 feed9 10 11 14 2029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

22oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 22 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd33th
  • low90th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread2th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 297 of each

9304times
10333times
11295times
14305times
20

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 961kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.3Mto 254k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.6

Where the money went

  • 538%ZAR 499.1K
  • 318%ZAR 228.5K
  • 235%ZAR 458.5K
  • 1 other tier8.8%ZAR 114.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.6 by chance

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286times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,135 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 (9, 10, 11, 14) with the draw of 24 September 2024 — its closest relative in 2,135 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 59% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2025): 11, 14 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

64

The numbers add up to 64 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10, 10–11. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 17 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 2.2× 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 →
ZAR 499,146
  • 4398≈ 395 by chanceZAR 288
  • 312,028≈ 12k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 2114,631≈ 115k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -127,058—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈961k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 12,028 winners, 1% more than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 499,146
    4398ZAR 288
    312,028ZAR 19.00
    2114,631ZAR 4.00
    -127,058—