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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 1 May 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 13
  3. 22
  4. 30
  5. 31

JackpotZAR 399,261

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 782 of 3,029 under them

← 2021-04-30All recent draws2021-05-02 →

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 feed5 13 22 30 3129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 May 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.

  • sum65th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap24th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread54th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 108 of each

5117times
13106times
22114times
30106times
31

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-01

  • Lines in play≈ 734kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 194k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 399.3K
  • 316%ZAR 179K
  • 240%ZAR 437.7K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 92K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.9 by chanceZAR 399,261

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99times

Every number was expected about that many times after 781 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 (5, 13, 31) with the draw of 26 April 2021 — its closest relative in 781 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

101

The numbers add up to 101 — the 64th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 24 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 1.2× 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 →
  • 4316≈ 302 by chanceZAR 291
  • 38,950≈ 9.1k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 287,535≈ 88k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -96,802—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈734k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 8,950 winners, 1% fewer than the 9.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 399,261
    4316ZAR 291
    38,950ZAR 20.00
    287,535ZAR 5.00
    -96,802—