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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 8
  3. 14
  4. 29
  5. 32

JackpotZAR 423,175

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 2,712 of 3,029 under them

← 2026-08-17All recent draws2026-08-19 →

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 8 14 29 3228 Oct 2026, 00:01 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread84th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 377 of each

1385times
8379times
14398times
29365times
32

Prize breakdown · 2026-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 798kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 105k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • Match 535%ZAR 423.2K
  • Match 315%ZAR 181K
  • Match 240%ZAR 475.6K
  • 1 other tier10%ZAR 120.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 2.1 by chance

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371times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,711 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 (8, 14, 29) with the draw of 19 February 2026 — its closest relative in 2,711 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2026): 14 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

84

The numbers add up to 84 — the 34th 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

29 had not appeared for 12 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 423,175
  • Match 4354≈ 328 by chanceZAR 342
  • Match 39,576≈ 9.8k by chanceZAR 18.90
  • Match 295,116≈ 95k by chanceZAR 5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈798k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,576 winners, 3% fewer than the 9.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51ZAR 423,175
    Match 4354ZAR 342
    Match 39,576ZAR 18.90
    Match 295,116ZAR 5.00
    Totals105,047—