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Daily Lotto · draw

Sunday, 4 May 2025

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 20
  3. 26
  4. 31
  5. 35

JackpotZAR 409,038

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 2,242 of 3,030 under them

← 2025-05-03All recent draws2025-05-05 →

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 feed14 20 26 31 3529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum94th
  • odd33th
  • low10th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread27th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 311 of each

14319times
20297times
26286times
31303times
35

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-04

  • Lines in play≈ 714kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 187k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • 537%ZAR 409K
  • 317%ZAR 184.6K
  • 238%ZAR 425.4K
  • 1 other tier8.4%ZAR 94K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.9 by chanceZAR 409,038

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304times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,241 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 (14, 26, 31, 35) with the draw of 2 February 2025 — its closest relative in 2,241 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 60% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 May 2025): 26 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 93th 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

20 had not appeared for 17 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 0.7× 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 →
  • 4279≈ 293 by chanceZAR 337
  • 38,390≈ 8.8k by chanceZAR 22.00
  • 285,075≈ 85k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -93,745—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈714k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 8,390 winners, 5% fewer than the 8.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 409,038
    4279ZAR 337
    38,390ZAR 22.00
    285,075ZAR 5.00
    -93,745—