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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 22
  3. 25
  4. 26
  5. 27

JackpotZAR 409,179

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 1,162 of 3,029 under them

← 2022-05-16All recent draws2022-05-18 →

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 feed7 22 25 26 2729 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd67th
  • low10th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 161 of each

7149times
22176times
25186times
26141times
27

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 772kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 203k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 53 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 409.2K
  • 316%ZAR 188.2K
  • 240%ZAR 460.1K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 94.2K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 53≈ 2.0 by chance

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168times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,161 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (7, 25, 27) with the draw of 5 February 2022 — its closest relative in 1,161 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2022): 7 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26, 26–27. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 13 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 1.8× 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 136,393
  • 4310≈ 317 by chanceZAR 304
  • 39,410≈ 9.5k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 292,014≈ 92k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -101,737—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈772k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,410 winners, 1% fewer than the 9.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    53ZAR 136,393
    4310ZAR 304
    39,410ZAR 20.00
    292,014ZAR 5.00
    -101,737—