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Daily Lotto · draw

Sunday, 24 January 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 16
  3. 19
  4. 20
  5. 25

JackpotZAR 249,908

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 685 of 3,029 under them

← 2021-01-23All recent draws2021-01-25 →

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 feed3 16 19 20 2529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 January 2021 — 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 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread32th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 95 of each

383times
1691times
1989times
2091times
25

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-24

  • Lines in play≈ 485kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 648.7Kto 127k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 249.9K
  • 317%ZAR 110.2K
  • 236%ZAR 231.1K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 57.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 1.3 by chance

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120times

Every number was expected about that many times after 684 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 (16, 19, 20) with the draw of 29 April 2020 — its closest relative in 684 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 January 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

83

The numbers add up to 83 — the 33th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 25 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 1.8× 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 124,954
  • 4161≈ 199 by chanceZAR 357
  • 35,802≈ 6.0k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 257,770≈ 58k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -63,735—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈485k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 5,802 winners, 3% fewer than the 6.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 124,954
    4161ZAR 357
    35,802ZAR 19.00
    257,770ZAR 4.00
    -63,735—