LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇿🇦 0800 006 008all helplines →

Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 27 February 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 27
  5. 28

JackpotZAR 392,887

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 719 of 3,030 under them

← 2021-02-26All recent draws2021-02-28 →

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 feed11 12 17 27 2829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 February 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd67th
  • low67th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread12th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 100 of each

1180times
12124times
1780times
27102times
28

Prize breakdown · 2021-02-27

  • Lines in play≈ 752kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1Mto 197k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 392.9K
  • 317%ZAR 173.8K
  • 235%ZAR 358.9K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 90.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.0 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

95times

Every number was expected about that many times after 718 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 (11, 17, 27, 28) with the draw of 1 October 2019 — its closest relative in 718 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 26% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 February 2021): 12 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12, 27–28. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 17 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 →
ZAR 392,887
  • 4272≈ 309 by chanceZAR 332
  • 38,692≈ 9.3k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 289,717≈ 90k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -98,682—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈752k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 8,692 winners, 6% fewer than the 9.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 392,887
    4272ZAR 332
    38,692ZAR 20.00
    289,717ZAR 4.00
    -98,682—