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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 11 August 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 20

JackpotZAR 469,564

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 1,248 of 3,029 under them

← 2022-08-10All recent draws2022-08-12 →

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 16 18 19 2029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 11 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd10th
  • low67th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 173 of each

8168times
16162times
18170times
19158times
20

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-11

  • Lines in play≈ 910kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 241k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 54 winnerschance said 2.4

Where the money went

  • 538%ZAR 469.6K
  • 317%ZAR 210.9K
  • 236%ZAR 434K
  • 1 other tier8.8%ZAR 107.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 54≈ 2.4 by chance

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182times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,247 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 (8, 16, 19) with the draw of 18 July 2022 — its closest relative in 1,247 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 August 2022): 8 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

81

The numbers add up to 81 — the 30th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19, 19–20. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 16 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 117,391
  • 4518≈ 374 by chanceZAR 208
  • 311,714≈ 11k by chanceZAR 18.00
  • 2108,501≈ 109k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -120,737—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈910k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 11,714 winners, 4% 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
    54ZAR 117,391
    4518ZAR 208
    311,714ZAR 18.00
    2108,501ZAR 4.00
    -120,737—