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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 5 December 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 21
  4. 25
  5. 27

JackpotZAR 625,361

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 2,093 of 3,030 under them

← 2024-12-04All recent draws2024-12-06 →

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 feed3 9 21 25 2729 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 December 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd99th
  • low33th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread42th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 291 of each

3260times
9298times
21281times
25313times
27

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-05

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.6Mto 318k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 54 winnerschance said 3.2

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 625.4K
  • 317%ZAR 276.5K
  • 235%ZAR 573.1K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 144K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 54≈ 3.2 by chance

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289times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,092 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 (9, 21, 25) with the draw of 14 November 2024 — its closest relative in 2,092 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 December 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

85

The numbers add up to 85 — the 36th 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

3 had not appeared for 30 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 2.0× 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 156,340
  • 4595≈ 494 by chanceZAR 242
  • 315,359≈ 15k by chanceZAR 18.00
  • 2143,267≈ 143k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -159,225—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 15,359 winners, 4% more than the 15k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    54ZAR 156,340
    4595ZAR 242
    315,359ZAR 18.00
    2143,267ZAR 4.00
    -159,225—