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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 22 December 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 19
  3. 24
  4. 39
  5. 45
  6. 51
  7. 40

JackpotZAR 3,408,446

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 146 of 2,540 under them

← 2018-12-19All recent draws2018-12-26 →

Also drawn that day

  • plus 1
    1. 1
    2. 14
    3. 18
    4. 26
    5. 38
    6. 47
    7. 33
  • plus 2
    1. 8
    2. 9
    3. 15
    4. 18
    5. 42
    6. 45
    7. 11

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 feed2 19 24 39 45 51 + 4029 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 145 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread95th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

221times
1918times
2420times
3917times
4515times
5115times

Every number was expected about that many times after 145 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 6 numbers (19, 24, 39) with the draw of 23 December 2017 — its closest relative in 145 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2018): 19, 45 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

180

The numbers add up to 180 — the 72th 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

39 had not appeared for 18 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 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 63% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 3.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 7.4Mto 157k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • 61 winnerchance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • 646%ZAR 3.4M
  • 2 + Bonus8.3%ZAR 617.8K
  • 329%ZAR 2.1M
  • 5 other tiers17%ZAR 1.3M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 61≈ 0.15 by chanceZAR 3,408,446
  2. 5 + Bonus2≈ 0.90 by chanceZAR 53,694
  3. 530≈ 41 by chanceZAR 6,225
  4. 4 + Bonus76≈ 101 by chanceZAR 3,071
  5. 42,119≈ 2.2k by chanceZAR 185
  6. 3 + Bonus2,742≈ 3.0k by chanceZAR 124
  7. 2 + Bonus30,891≈ 32k by chanceZAR 20.00
  8. 342,577≈ 43k by chanceZAR 50.00
  9. -78,438—
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈3.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 + Bonus — 2,742 winners, 8% fewer than the 3.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
61ZAR 3,408,446
5 + Bonus2ZAR 53,694
530ZAR 6,225
4 + Bonus76ZAR 3,071
42,119ZAR 185
3 + Bonus2,742ZAR 124
342,577ZAR 50.00
2 + Bonus30,891ZAR 20.00
-78,438—