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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 8 January 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 30
  4. 33
  5. 36

JackpotZAR 400,000

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 1,033 of 3,028 under them

← 2022-01-07All recent draws2022-01-09 →

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 feed13 14 30 33 3629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 January 2022 — 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.

  • sum94th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 143 of each

13134times
14144times
30143times
33139times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-08

  • Lines in play≈ 628kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 963.8Kto 165k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 50 winnerschance said 1.7

Where the money went

  • 445%ZAR 429.5K
  • 317%ZAR 160K
  • 239%ZAR 374.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 50≈ 1.7 by chanceZAR 400,000
  2. 4

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157times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,032 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 (13, 30, 36) with the draw of 1 September 2021 — its closest relative in 1,032 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 January 2022): 30 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 33 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
197≈ 258 by chance
ZAR 2,180
  • 37,272≈ 7.7k by chanceZAR 22.00
  • 274,863≈ 75k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -82,332—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈628k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 7,272 winners, 6% fewer than the 7.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    50ZAR 400,000
    4197ZAR 2,180
    37,272ZAR 22.00
    274,863ZAR 5.00
    -82,332—