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Daily Lotto · draw

Monday, 3 May 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 18
  3. 23
  4. 28
  5. 34

JackpotZAR 398,723

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 784 of 3,030 under them

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

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 18 23 28 3429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 109 of each

1189times
1896times
23107times
28102times
34

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-03

  • Lines in play≈ 732kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 194k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 56 winnerschance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 398.7K
  • 316%ZAR 174.9K
  • 240%ZAR 436.2K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 91.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 56≈ 1.9 by chanceZAR 66,453

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116times

Every number was expected about that many times after 783 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 (18, 23, 28, 34) with the draw of 28 October 2019 — its closest relative in 783 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 28% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 83th 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

34 had not appeared for 23 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
4
417≈ 301 by chance
ZAR 220
  • 39,207≈ 9.0k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 287,231≈ 87k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -96,861—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈732k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,207 winners, 2% more than the 9.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    56ZAR 66,453
    4417ZAR 220
    39,207ZAR 19.00
    287,231ZAR 5.00
    -96,861—