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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 28 January 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 25

JackpotZAR 471,802

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 1,053 of 3,028 under them

← 2022-01-27All recent draws2022-01-29 →

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 feed8 18 22 23 2529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 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 77% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread12th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 146 of each

8142times
18138times
22164times
23142times
25

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-28

  • Lines in play≈ 884kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.3Mto 233k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 471.8K
  • 316%ZAR 207.8K
  • 240%ZAR 527K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 108.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.3 by chance

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166times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,052 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 4 of 5 numbers (8, 18, 23, 25) with the draw of 27 October 2020 — its closest relative in 1,052 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 35% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 January 2022): 18, 22 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. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 12 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 1.7× 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 471,802
  • 4341≈ 363 by chanceZAR 318
  • 310,936≈ 11k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 2105,402≈ 105k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -116,680—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈884k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,936 winners, 0% more than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 471,802
    4341ZAR 318
    310,936ZAR 19.00
    2105,402ZAR 5.00
    -116,680—