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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 17
  4. 24
  5. 27

JackpotZAR 464,691

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 38 of 3,029 under them

← 2019-04-15All recent draws2019-04-17 →

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 7 17 24 2729 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 April 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum25th
  • odd67th
  • low67th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread48th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

24times
77times
176times
247times
27

Prize breakdown · 2019-04-16

  • Lines in play≈ 898kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 239k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 56 winnerschance said 2.4

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 464.7K
  • 317%ZAR 206.3K
  • 236%ZAR 428.3K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 106.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 56≈ 2.4 by chance

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3times

Every number was expected about that many times after 37 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 2 of 5 numbers (17, 24) with the draw of 14 April 2019 — its closest relative in 37 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 April 2019): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

77

The numbers add up to 77 — the 24th 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

2 had not appeared for 21 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 1.9× 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 77,448
  • 4477≈ 369 by chanceZAR 224
  • 312,136≈ 11k by chanceZAR 17.00
  • 2107,069≈ 107k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -119,688—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈898k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 12,136 winners, 10% more 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
    56ZAR 77,448
    4477ZAR 224
    312,136ZAR 17.00
    2107,069ZAR 4.00
    -119,688—