How to play Lotto in South Africa
Boards, add-on games and draw nights explained.
South African Lottery Results, Statistics and Analysis
TechChamp is an independent site for South Africans who follow the lottery. Check the latest Lotto, PowerBall and Daily Lotto numbers, see whether your ticket matched a past draw, and get a clear picture of how the games and the numbers really work.
Next evening draw window
A rough countdown to 21:00. Draw times can change, so please confirm on the official lottery channels.
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Latest South African lottery results
Here is the most recent draw we have for each game. Our numbers can occasionally trail the official announcement, so check the National Lottery website before you act on a result.
Lottery games we cover
Pick a game to see its latest draw, past results and the ticket checker.
- Lotto results
- PowerBall results
- Daily Lotto results
- Lotto Plus 1 results
- Lotto 5 Max results
- PowerBall Xtra results
- All South African lottery results
Check your ticket
Not sure whether your ticket won anything? Open a results page, type in the numbers on your ticket, and any that match the draw light up. It all happens in your browser, and we don’t save your numbers. It’s a quick way to check, but it isn’t proof of a prize. Your ticket and the official result are what count when you claim.
Check a Lotto ticket · Check a PowerBall ticket · Check a Daily Lotto ticket
Draw DNA: a closer look at each draw
Draw DNA is our name for a simple breakdown of a single draw. It helps you see what a set of numbers looked like compared with past draws.
Odd and even
How many of the numbers were odd and how many were even, next to how often that split has turned up before.
High and low
Whether the numbers sat in the lower or upper half of the range for that game, compared with past draws.
Frequency, pairs and triplets
How often each number has come up, and how often certain pairs and triplets have appeared together in our archive.
These are plain counts from past results. They tell you what has happened, not what comes next.
Prediction Lab: what it is, and what it isn’t
The Prediction Lab is a hands-on way to explore the numbers. It looks at the last 100 draws in our archive and ranks numbers by how often they’ve come up, how recently, and how long it has been since they last appeared. Move the sliders to give each of those more or less weight and watch the ranking change.
It’s an experimental statistics exercise for people who enjoy playing with data. It is not a forecast, and it won’t make any combination more likely to win.
Open the Lotto Prediction Lab · Open the PowerBall Prediction Lab
Why can’t past results predict the next draw? Lottery draws are random, and the balls have no memory. A number that has come up a lot isn’t “hot”, and one that has been missing for a while isn’t “due”. Every combination has exactly the same chance of being drawn. Nothing on this site, including the Prediction Lab, improves your odds.
Past results and draw history
Looking for an older draw? Each game’s results page keeps previous draws, so you can check an old ticket or see how numbers have been spread over time.
Guides for South African players
How to claim a lottery prize
What to do if you win, from retail outlets to regional offices.
Lotto Prediction Lab
How the weights and frequency bars work, and where they stop being useful.
PowerBall Prediction Lab
How main-number scoring works, and what it can’t tell you.
Play responsibly
The lottery is for adults aged 18 and over. Think of a ticket as a bit of entertainment, not a way to make money. Only spend what you can comfortably afford to lose, and don’t chase losses. If gambling is affecting you or someone close to you, please talk to a qualified support organisation in your area.