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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 16 May 2025

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 18
  3. 19
  4. 31
  5. 32

JackpotZAR 588,578

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 2,254 of 3,029 under them

← 2025-05-15All recent draws2025-05-17 →

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 18 19 31 3229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread84th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 313 of each

1327times
18304times
19291times
31306times
32

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.6Mto 282k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 2.8

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 588.6K
  • 317%ZAR 270K
  • 239%ZAR 638.2K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 135.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 2.8 by chance

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313times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,253 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 (1, 19, 31) with the draw of 13 May 2025 — its closest relative in 2,253 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2025): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

101

The numbers add up to 101 — the 64th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19, 31–32. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

32 had not appeared for 8 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 294,289
  • 4415≈ 440 by chanceZAR 326
  • 312,857≈ 13k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 2127,646≈ 128k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -140,920—
    • 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 — 12,857 winners, 3% 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 294,289
    4415ZAR 326
    312,857ZAR 21.00
    2127,646ZAR 5.00
    -140,920—