SA Lotto in numbers: facts for the press
Up-to-date, quotable SA Lotto key figures, calculated automatically from the official draw results, as of 17.10.2026. You may reuse the texts and the chart freely with the credit “Source: Lottochaos.com” and a link to this page.
1 : 20,358,520
The odds of winning the SA Lotto jackpot are 1 in 20,358,520 per line.
195,755 years of waiting
Playing one line in every draw (104 draws a year), it would take on average about 195,755 years to hit the jackpot once.
1 : 38.2
In SA Lotto, roughly one line in 38.2 wins a prize of any kind (odds 1 in 38.2).
1,228 draws
Since the first draw on 03.01.2015, SA Lotto has held 1,228 draws.
10 9×
The most drawn SA Lotto number is 10: 9 times in 40 draws since 03.06.2026 (expected by pure chance: 4.6).
1 1×
The least drawn is 1: 1 times in 40 draws since 03.06.2026 (expected: 4.6).
34 draws absent
Number 1 has not been drawn for 34 draws (last on 20.06.2026). That does not make it “due”: every number has the same chance in every draw.
34 draws absent
Longest absence of a number since 03.06.2026: 1 missed 34 draws in a row (20.06.2026 to 17.10.2026).
20 + 50 3×
The most frequent pair is 20 and 50: drawn together 3 times (expected: 0.5).
1 4×
Bonus ball: 1 is the most frequent (4 times since 03.06.2026).
23.6 m R
The biggest tier-1 prize since 10.06.2026 was 23.6 m R (draw of 13.06.2026).
1
The same SA Lotto winning combination has already been drawn again 1 times, most recently 3 9 23 41 42 48.
Chart: how often has each number been drawn?
The dashed line shows the value expected by pure chance. Deviations of this size are normal in genuinely random draws.
Method and sources
Figures are based on the official draw results and prize breakdowns of the operators and are recalculated automatically after every draw. Frequencies refer to the current 6/52 format (statistics since 03.06.2026). Lottochaos is an independent statistics site with no gambling offer; past draws do not allow any prediction.
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