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Daily Lotto · draw

Monday, 13 January 2025

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 21
  5. 29

JackpotZAR 455,862

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 2,131 of 3,029 under them

← 2025-01-12All recent draws2025-01-14 →

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 11 16 21 2929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 13 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd90th
  • low67th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread54th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 296 of each

3265times
11293times
16285times
21286times
29

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-13

  • Lines in play≈ 863kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 229k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 55 winnerschance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 455.9K
  • 317%ZAR 201K
  • 235%ZAR 411.8K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 104.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 55≈ 2.3 by chance

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301times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,130 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (16, 21, 29) with the draw of 12 November 2024 — its closest relative in 2,130 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 January 2025): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

80

The numbers add up to 80 — the 28th 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

11 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 1.8× 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 91,172
  • 4387≈ 355 by chanceZAR 271
  • 311,169≈ 11k by chanceZAR 18.00
  • 2102,942≈ 103k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -114,503—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈863k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 11,169 winners, 5% more than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    55ZAR 91,172
    4387ZAR 271
    311,169ZAR 18.00
    2102,942ZAR 4.00
    -114,503—