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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 16 January 2026

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 21
  5. 33

JackpotZAR 563,807

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 2,498 of 3,029 under them

← 2026-01-15All recent draws2026-01-17 →

Also drawn that day

  • plus
    1. 3
    2. 6
    3. 24
    4. 29
    5. 30

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 12 14 21 3329 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2026 — 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.

  • sum32th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread84th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 347 of each

2361times
12357times
14361times
21338times
33351times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,497 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 (2, 14, 21) with the draw of 7 January 2026 — its closest relative in 2,497 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

82

The numbers add up to 82 — the 31th 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

33 had not appeared for 18 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.

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Prize breakdown · 2026-01-16

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.6Mto 279k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 55 winnerschance said 2.8

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 563.8K
  • 316%ZAR 248.2K
  • 240%ZAR 628.9K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 129.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 55≈ 2.8 by chanceZAR 112,761
  2. 4445≈ 434 by chanceZAR 291
  3. 313,062≈ 13k by chanceZAR 19.00
  4. 2125,785≈ 126k by chanceZAR 5.00
  5. -139,297—
  • 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 — 13,062 winners, 0% more 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
55ZAR 112,761
4445ZAR 291
313,062ZAR 19.00
2125,785ZAR 5.00
-139,297—