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Lotto · draw · plus 1

Saturday, 24 March 2018

plus 1Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 21
  3. 38
  4. 43
  5. 49
  6. 52
  7. 4

JackpotZAR 1,555,273

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

Rules6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025draw 68 of 2,540 under them

← 2018-03-21All recent draws2018-03-28 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 1
    2. 3
    3. 12
    4. 24
    5. 31
    6. 49
    7. 52
  • plus 2
    1. 3
    2. 9
    3. 29
    4. 31
    5. 34
    6. 50
    7. 51

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:57 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 21 38 43 49 52 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 67 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread88th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

57times
2113times
3814times
434times
497times
527times

Every number was expected about that many times after 67 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 6 numbers (5, 21, 38) with the draw of 17 February 2018 — its closest relative in 67 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 65% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 March 2018): 21 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

208

The numbers add up to 208 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

52 had not appeared for 16 draws. A number waits about 9 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 72% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-24

  • Lines in play≈ 3.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 3.1Mto 177k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • 60 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • 415%ZAR 451.2K
  • 2 + Bonus18%ZAR 544.2K
  • 338%ZAR 1.2M
  • 3 other tiers30%ZAR 923.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 60≈ 0.17 by chanceZAR 1,555,273
  2. 5 + Bonus0≈ 0.99 by chanceno winners
  3. 551≈ 45 by chanceZAR 4,272
  4. 4 + Bonus75≈ 112 by chanceZAR 3,413
  5. 42,338≈ 2.5k by chanceZAR 193
  6. 3 + Bonus3,020≈ 3.3k by chanceZAR 149
  7. 2 + Bonus36,281≈ 35k by chanceZAR 15.00
  8. 346,899≈ 47k by chanceZAR 25.00
  9. -88,664—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈3.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 + Bonus — 3,020 winners, 8% fewer than the 3.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
60ZAR 1,555,273
5 + Bonus0ZAR 0.00
551ZAR 4,272
4 + Bonus75ZAR 3,413
42,338ZAR 193
3 + Bonus3,020ZAR 149
346,899ZAR 25.00
2 + Bonus36,281ZAR 15.00
-88,664—