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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 26 August 2021

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 19
  3. 21
  4. 28
  5. 29

JackpotZAR 450,000

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 899 of 3,030 under them

← 2021-08-25All recent draws2021-08-27 →

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 19 21 28 2929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 August 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd90th
  • low10th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 125 of each

5135times
19113times
21124times
28113times
29

Prize breakdown · 2021-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 765kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 201k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 54 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 538%ZAR 450K
  • 315%ZAR 182.5K
  • 239%ZAR 456.2K
  • 1 other tier8.0%ZAR 94.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 54≈ 2.0 by chance

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142times

Every number was expected about that many times after 898 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 (21, 28, 29) with the draw of 10 May 2021 — its closest relative in 898 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 August 2021): 5, 19 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 66th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 21 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 1.5× 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 112,500
  • 4297≈ 315 by chanceZAR 318
  • 39,124≈ 9.4k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 291,231≈ 91k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -100,656—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈765k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,124 winners, 3% fewer than the 9.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    54ZAR 112,500
    4297ZAR 318
    39,124ZAR 20.00
    291,231ZAR 5.00
    -100,656—