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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 16 December 2023

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 29
  5. 30

JackpotZAR 482,091

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 1,739 of 3,030 under them

← 2023-12-15All recent draws2023-12-17 →

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 feed2 14 15 29 3029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2023 — 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 77% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread66th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 241 of each

2243times
14249times
15246times
29245times
30

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 854kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.3Mto 224k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 57 winnerschance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 482.1K
  • 317%ZAR 220K
  • 239%ZAR 509.4K
  • 1 other tier8.4%ZAR 110.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 57≈ 2.3 by chance

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234times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,738 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 (14, 15, 29) with the draw of 27 November 2023 — its closest relative in 1,738 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2023): 14 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 45th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15, 29–30. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 8 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 1.6× 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 68,870
  • 4341≈ 351 by chanceZAR 325
  • 310,002≈ 11k by chanceZAR 22.00
  • 2101,872≈ 102k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -112,222—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈854k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,002 winners, 5% 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
    57ZAR 68,870
    4341ZAR 325
    310,002ZAR 22.00
    2101,872ZAR 5.00
    -112,222—