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Daily Lotto · draw

Sunday, 22 August 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 22
  5. 27

JackpotZAR 239,194

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 895 of 3,029 under them

← 2021-08-21All recent draws2021-08-23 →

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 16 20 22 2729 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread32th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 124 of each

5133times
16115times
20119times
22139times
27

Prize breakdown · 2021-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 449kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 666.4Kto 119k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 239.2K
  • 316%ZAR 104.8K
  • 240%ZAR 267.4K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 55K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.2 by chance

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131times

Every number was expected about that many times after 894 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, 20, 27) with the draw of 20 August 2021 — its closest relative in 894 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 August 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 45th 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

5 had not appeared for 11 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 1.6× 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 239,194
  • 4210≈ 184 by chanceZAR 262
  • 35,821≈ 5.5k by chanceZAR 18.00
  • 253,481≈ 53k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -59,513—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈449k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 5,821 winners, 5% more than the 5.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 239,194
    4210ZAR 262
    35,821ZAR 18.00
    253,481ZAR 5.00
    -59,513—