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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 22 February 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 13
  3. 15
  4. 16
  5. 29

JackpotZAR 446,636

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 1,806 of 3,030 under them

← 2024-02-21All recent draws2024-02-23 →

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 13 15 16 2929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 February 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd90th
  • low90th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread42th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 251 of each

5267times
13238times
15254times
16243times
29

Prize breakdown · 2024-02-22

  • Lines in play≈ 823kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 217k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 2.2

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 446.6K
  • 316%ZAR 200.4K
  • 240%ZAR 490.5K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 102.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 2.2 by chance

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258times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,805 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 3 of 5 numbers (13, 16, 29) with the draw of 31 October 2023 — its closest relative in 1,805 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2024): 16 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

78

The numbers add up to 78 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 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 1.1× 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 223,318
  • 4318≈ 338 by chanceZAR 323
  • 310,022≈ 10k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 298,099≈ 98k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -108,441—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈823k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,022 winners, 1% fewer than the 10k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 223,318
    4318ZAR 323
    310,022ZAR 20.00
    298,099ZAR 5.00
    -108,441—