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Lotto · draw · plus 1

Wednesday, 25 April 2018

plus 1Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 29
  5. 34
  6. 42
  7. 31

JackpotZAR 1,084,798

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

Rules6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025draw 77 of 2,540 under them

← 2018-04-21All recent draws2018-04-28 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 7
    2. 13
    3. 37
    4. 43
    5. 44
    6. 51
    7. 10
  • plus 2
    1. 7
    2. 13
    3. 14
    4. 30
    5. 34
    6. 46
    7. 24

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:57 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 18 21 29 34 42 + 3129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 76 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 April 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

81oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 81 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread60th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

16times
184times
2115times
2913times
34

Prize breakdown · 2018-04-25

  • Lines in play≈ 2.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 3.4Mto 137k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • 61 winnerchance said 0.13

Where the money went

  • 632%ZAR 1.1M
  • 2 + Bonus12%ZAR 417.5K
  • 327%ZAR 905.1K
  • 4 other tiers28%ZAR 959.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 61≈ 0.13 by chance

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8times
4212times

Every number was expected about that many times after 76 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 6 numbers (1, 21, 29) with the draw of 17 February 2018 — its closest relative in 76 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 70% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 April 2018): 21 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 34th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. 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 15 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 54% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 1,084,798
  • 5 + Bonus0≈ 0.77 by chanceno winners
  • 531≈ 34 by chanceZAR 4,902
  • 4 + Bonus72≈ 86 by chanceZAR 2,480
  • 41,800≈ 1.9k by chanceZAR 175
  • 3 + Bonus2,415≈ 2.5k by chanceZAR 130
  • 2 + Bonus27,832≈ 27k by chanceZAR 15.00
  • 336,203≈ 36k by chanceZAR 25.00
  • -68,354—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 4 — 1,800 winners, 5% fewer than the 1.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    61ZAR 1,084,798
    5 + Bonus0ZAR 0.00
    531ZAR 4,902
    4 + Bonus72ZAR 2,480
    41,800ZAR 175
    3 + Bonus2,415ZAR 130
    336,203ZAR 25.00
    2 + Bonus27,832ZAR 15.00
    -68,354—