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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 23 August 2025

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 19
  3. 21
  4. 25
  5. 31

JackpotZAR 364,148

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 2,353 of 3,029 under them

← 2025-08-22All recent draws2025-08-24 →

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 feed8 19 21 25 3129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd90th
  • low10th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 327 of each

8326times
19310times
21315times
25346times
31

Prize breakdown · 2025-08-23

  • Lines in play≈ 676kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1Mto 178k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.8

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 364.1K
  • 316%ZAR 165K
  • 240%ZAR 403K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 83.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.8 by chanceZAR 364,148

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319times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,352 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 3 of 5 numbers (8, 25, 31) with the draw of 24 June 2025 — its closest relative in 2,352 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

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

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

104

The numbers add up to 104 — the 69th 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

21 had not appeared for 9 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 1.7× 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 →
  • 4278≈ 278 by chanceZAR 301
  • 38,250≈ 8.3k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 280,609≈ 81k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -89,138—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈676k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 8,250 winners, 1% fewer than the 8.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 364,148
    4278ZAR 301
    38,250ZAR 20.00
    280,609ZAR 5.00
    -89,138—