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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 6 January 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 9
  3. 20
  4. 26
  5. 36

JackpotZAR 382,892

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 1,031 of 3,028 under them

← 2022-01-05All recent draws2022-01-07 →

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 9 20 26 3629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread84th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 143 of each

5152times
9149times
20150times
26129times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 743kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 997.4Kto 197k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 54 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 538%ZAR 382.9K
  • 317%ZAR 172K
  • 236%ZAR 354.4K
  • 1 other tier8.8%ZAR 88K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 54≈ 2.0 by chanceZAR 95,723

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156times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,030 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, 9, 20) with the draw of 8 December 2021 — its closest relative in 1,030 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 January 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 55th 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

20 had not appeared for 15 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
4
312≈ 306 by chance
ZAR 282
  • 39,558≈ 9.2k by chanceZAR 18.00
  • 288,611≈ 89k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -98,485—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈743k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,558 winners, 4% more than the 9.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    54ZAR 95,723
    4312ZAR 282
    39,558ZAR 18.00
    288,611ZAR 4.00
    -98,485—