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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 29
  5. 32

JackpotZAR 354,605

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 1,163 of 3,029 under them

← 2022-05-17All recent draws2022-05-19 →

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 feed15 18 21 29 3229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread12th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 161 of each

15165times
18150times
21161times
29179times
32

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 651kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 984.6Kto 171k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 53 winnerschance said 1.7

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 354.6K
  • 316%ZAR 160.5K
  • 239%ZAR 387.9K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 81.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 53≈ 1.7 by chance

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163times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,162 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 4 of 5 numbers (15, 21, 29, 32) with the draw of 2 August 2019 — its closest relative in 1,162 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 38% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 84th 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

15 had not appeared for 18 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 118,201
  • 4260≈ 268 by chanceZAR 314
  • 37,642≈ 8.0k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 277,583≈ 78k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -85,488—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈651k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 7,642 winners, 5% fewer than the 8.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    53ZAR 118,201
    4260ZAR 314
    37,642ZAR 21.00
    277,583ZAR 5.00
    -85,488—