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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 22 August 2026

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 17
  3. 21
  4. 25
  5. 30

JackpotZAR 376,698

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 2,716 of 3,029 under them

← 2026-08-21All recent draws2026-08-23 →

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 feed4 17 21 25 3028 Oct 2026, 00:01 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

74oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 74 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread54th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 377 of each

4389times
17347times
21375times
25408times
30

Prize breakdown · 2026-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 730kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 96k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • Match 535%ZAR 376.7K
  • Match 315%ZAR 160.7K
  • Match 240%ZAR 426.6K
  • 1 other tier10%ZAR 107.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 1.9 by chance

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369times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,715 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 (4, 21, 25, 30) with the draw of 16 March 2025 — its closest relative in 2,715 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 67% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 August 2026): 25 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 57th 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

17 had not appeared for 23 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 1.6× 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 125,566
  • Match 4303≈ 300 by chanceZAR 355
  • Match 38,733≈ 9.0k by chanceZAR 18.40
  • Match 287,057≈ 87k by chanceZAR 4.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈730k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,733 winners, 3% fewer than the 9.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 53ZAR 125,566
    Match 4303ZAR 355
    Match 38,733ZAR 18.40
    Match 287,057ZAR 4.90
    Totals96,096—