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Daily Lotto · draw

Monday, 20 January 2025

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 8
  4. 23
  5. 28

JackpotZAR 443,996

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 2,138 of 3,029 under them

← 2025-01-19All recent draws2025-01-21 →

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 6 8 23 2829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 66% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 297 of each

5306times
6330times
8304times
23293times
28

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 852kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 224k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 444K
  • 317%ZAR 196.6K
  • 235%ZAR 406.2K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 101.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 2.3 by chance

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297times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,137 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, 8, 23, 28) with the draw of 5 August 2023 — its closest relative in 2,137 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 59% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 January 2025): 23 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 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 2.0× 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 221,998
  • 4331≈ 350 by chanceZAR 308
  • 310,345≈ 11k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 2101,540≈ 102k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -112,218—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈852k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,345 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
    52ZAR 221,998
    4331ZAR 308
    310,345ZAR 19.00
    2101,540ZAR 4.00
    -112,218—