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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 27 August 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 20
  3. 21
  4. 23
  5. 30

JackpotZAR 462,472

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 1,264 of 3,029 under them

← 2022-08-26All recent draws2022-08-28 →

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 feed5 20 21 23 3029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 August 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 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd67th
  • low10th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread48th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 175 of each

5189times
20185times
21180times
23172times
30

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-27

  • Lines in play≈ 861kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.3Mto 227k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 54 winnerschance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 462.5K
  • 316%ZAR 208.1K
  • 240%ZAR 513.1K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 106.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 54≈ 2.3 by chance

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171times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,263 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 (5, 20, 23, 30) with the draw of 22 March 2020 — its closest relative in 1,263 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 41% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 August 2022): 21, 23 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

99

The numbers add up to 99 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 15 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 115,618
  • 4315≈ 354 by chanceZAR 338
  • 310,406≈ 11k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 2102,614≈ 103k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -113,339—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈861k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,406 winners, 2% fewer 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 115,618
    4315ZAR 338
    310,406ZAR 20.00
    2102,614ZAR 5.00
    -113,339—