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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 18 May 2023

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 9
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. 35

JackpotZAR 425,132

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 1,527 of 3,030 under them

← 2023-05-17All recent draws2023-05-19 →

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 feed4 9 30 31 3529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2023 — 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.

  • sum77th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread84th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 212 of each

4205times
9218times
30206times
31206times
35

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 775kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 204k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 55 winnerschance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 425.1K
  • 316%ZAR 194.6K
  • 239%ZAR 462.1K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 97.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 55≈ 2.1 by chance

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204times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,526 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 (9, 31, 35) with the draw of 24 April 2023 — its closest relative in 1,526 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

109

The numbers add up to 109 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 85,026
  • 4302≈ 319 by chanceZAR 324
  • 39,268≈ 9.6k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 292,410≈ 92k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -101,985—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈775k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,268 winners, 3% fewer than the 9.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    55ZAR 85,026
    4302ZAR 324
    39,268ZAR 21.00
    292,410ZAR 5.00
    -101,985—