SALottoStats

Frequency Statistics

How often has each number been drawn across every Lotto draw since October 2023? This page shows the complete frequency distribution — every ball ranked from most to least drawn, with hot and cold classifications based on deviation from the statistical average.

The dashed reference line on the chart marks the expected frequency: if draws were perfectly uniform, every number would appear equally often. Numbers sitting well above the line are classified as hot; those well below are cold. In practice, some deviation is normal — it does not mean the draws are non-random.

Important: frequency statistics are historical observations only. Every lottery draw is an independent random event. A number that has appeared frequently in the past is not more or less likely to appear next draw.

Dataset: 278 Lotto drawsSource: National Lottery / nationallottery.co.zaUpdated: After every draw

Number Frequency — All 278 Draws

Dashed line = expected frequency (32.1 per number).■ Hot■ Normal■ Cold

Most Drawn

18
41
29
40
45
40
8
39
22
39
12
38
7
37
32
37
49
37
11
35

Least Drawn

21
20
35
21
47
21
2
24
15
25
44
26
4
27
27
27
28
27
26
28

🔥 Hot Numbers

Appeared 3+ times in last 20 draws

840512342495011219

🧊 Cold Numbers

Absent from the last 20 draws

211144143

Most Overdue Numbers

Numbers with the longest gap since last appearance

14
24 draws
since last seen
11
23 draws
since last seen
41
21 draws
since last seen
43
21 draws
since last seen
2
20 draws
since last seen
31
19 draws
since last seen
10
18 draws
since last seen
27
18 draws
since last seen
3
16 draws
since last seen
9
16 draws
since last seen
Total Draws
278
Number Pool
1 – 52
Balls Per Draw
6
Expected Freq
32.1

How to read frequency statistics

The frequency chart shows how many times each ball has been drawn across all Lotto draws in our dataset. The expected frequency — the dashed line — is calculated as: (total draws × balls per draw) ÷ pool size. Numbers above this line have appeared more than average; numbers below it have appeared less.

Hot numbers (orange) have appeared more than 15% above the expected average. Cold numbers (blue) have appeared more than 15% below it. Everything in between is within normal statistical noise for a random draw process.

The overdue numbers section shows which balls have gone the longest without appearing. Again, this is a historical observation — there is no “law of averages” that makes an overdue number more likely to be drawn next. National Lottery draw machines are tested for statistical independence.

Frequency statistics are purely historical. Past draw frequency has no predictive value for future draws — every combination is equally probable in each independent draw.