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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 16 May 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 15
  3. 26
  4. 28
  5. 32

JackpotZAR 522,648

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 1,890 of 3,030 under them

← 2024-05-15All recent draws2024-05-17 →

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 feed12 15 26 28 3229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 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 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd10th
  • low33th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 262 of each

12276times
15267times
26245times
28265times
32

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 941kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.4Mto 247k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.5

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 522.6K
  • 316%ZAR 233.8K
  • 239%ZAR 560.8K
  • 1 other tier8.4%ZAR 120.2K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.5 by chance

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261times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,889 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 (15, 26, 28, 32) with the draw of 18 February 2022 — its closest relative in 1,889 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 54% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2024): 15 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 23 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 522,648
  • 4398≈ 387 by chanceZAR 302
  • 311,131≈ 12k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 2112,168≈ 112k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -123,698—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈941k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 11,131 winners, 4% fewer than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 522,648
    4398ZAR 302
    311,131ZAR 21.00
    2112,168ZAR 5.00
    -123,698—