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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 4 January 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 16
  3. 22
  4. 29
  5. 32

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 1,029 of 3,029 under them

← 2022-01-03All recent draws2022-01-05 →

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 feed4 16 22 29 3229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd10th
  • low33th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread66th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 143 of each

4133times
16136times
22159times
29159times
32

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-04

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

Where the money went

  • 444%ZAR 509.3K
  • 317%ZAR 190.8K
  • 239%ZAR 456K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 50≈ 2.0 by chanceZAR 450,000
  2. 4

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142times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,028 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 (4, 16, 22) with the draw of 23 September 2021 — its closest relative in 1,028 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2022): 16, 22 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 67th 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

29 had not appeared for 8 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 →
324≈ 314 by chance
ZAR 1,572
  • 39,085≈ 9.4k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 291,201≈ 91k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -100,610—
    • 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 — 9,085 winners, 4% 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
    50ZAR 450,000
    4324ZAR 1,572
    39,085ZAR 21.00
    291,201ZAR 5.00
    -100,610—