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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 23 May 2025

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 12
  4. 15
  5. 20

JackpotZAR 638,242

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 2,261 of 3,030 under them

← 2025-05-22All recent draws2025-05-24 →

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 3 12 15 2029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd33th
  • low90th
  • widest gap24th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 314 of each

2325times
3290times
12319times
15318times
20

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-23

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.7Mto 329k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 3.3

Where the money went

  • 538%ZAR 638.2K
  • 317%ZAR 280.1K
  • 236%ZAR 592.7K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 146.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 3.3 by chance

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299times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,260 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, 3, 12, 15) with the draw of 15 May 2025 — its closest relative in 2,260 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 61% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 May 2025): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

52

The numbers add up to 52 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 12 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 2.1× 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 319,121
  • 4576≈ 511 by chanceZAR 255
  • 315,562≈ 15k by chanceZAR 18.00
  • 2148,172≈ 148k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -164,312—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 4 — 576 winners, 13% more than the 511 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 319,121
    4576ZAR 255
    315,562ZAR 18.00
    2148,172ZAR 4.00
    -164,312—