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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 30 August 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 16
  4. 27
  5. 34

JackpotZAR 766,784

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 1,996 of 3,029 under them

← 2024-08-29All recent draws2024-08-31 →

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 5 16 27 3429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 August 2024 — 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 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread89th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 277 of each

2279times
5289times
16269times
27282times
34

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-30

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 2.1Mto 376k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 54 winnerschance said 3.8

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 766.8K
  • 316%ZAR 347.3K
  • 240%ZAR 849.5K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 176.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 54≈ 3.8 by chance

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284times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,995 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 (5, 27, 34) with the draw of 21 August 2024 — its closest relative in 1,995 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 August 2024): 16 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

84

The numbers add up to 84 — the 34th 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

34 had not appeared for 6 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 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 191,696
  • 4556≈ 586 by chanceZAR 317
  • 317,363≈ 18k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 2169,896≈ 170k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -187,819—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 4 — 556 winners, 5% fewer than the 586 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    54ZAR 191,696
    4556ZAR 317
    317,363ZAR 20.00
    2169,896ZAR 5.00
    -187,819—