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Daily Lotto · draw

Sunday, 1 May 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 22

JackpotZAR 200,000

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 1,146 of 3,028 under them

← 2022-04-30All recent draws2022-05-02 →

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 feed2 7 18 21 2229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 159 of each

2159times
7145times
18147times
21159times
22

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-01

  • Lines in play≈ 508kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 688.7Kto 134k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 50 winnerschance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • 448%ZAR 327.4K
  • 317%ZAR 118.8K
  • 235%ZAR 242.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 50≈ 1.3 by chanceZAR 200,000
  2. 4

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172times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,145 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 (2, 7, 18, 22) with the draw of 28 February 2021 — its closest relative in 1,145 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 38% likelihood somewhere in that history.

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

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 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 1.9× 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 →
202≈ 209 by chance
ZAR 1,621
  • 36,252≈ 6.3k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 260,608≈ 61k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -67,062—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈508k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 6,252 winners, 0% fewer than the 6.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    50ZAR 200,000
    4202ZAR 1,621
    36,252ZAR 19.00
    260,608ZAR 4.00
    -67,062—