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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 29 August 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 16
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 35

JackpotZAR 650,000

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 1,995 of 3,029 under them

← 2024-08-28All recent draws2024-08-30 →

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 feed1 16 26 29 3529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread97th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 277 of each

1289times
16268times
26256times
29281times
35

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-29

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.7Mto 284k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 2.9

Where the money went

  • 538%ZAR 650K
  • 316%ZAR 266.2K
  • 238%ZAR 643.6K
  • 1 other tier8.1%ZAR 137.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 2.9 by chance

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264times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,994 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 (1, 16, 26, 29) with the draw of 22 July 2023 — its closest relative in 1,994 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 56% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 August 2024): 26 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 73th 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

35 had not appeared for 28 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 325,000
  • 4404≈ 444 by chanceZAR 341
  • 312,676≈ 13k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 2128,711≈ 129k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -141,793—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 12,676 winners, 5% fewer than the 13k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 325,000
    4404ZAR 341
    312,676ZAR 21.00
    2128,711ZAR 5.00
    -141,793—