Daily Lotto: South Africa's Best Odds Game Explained
Daily Lotto is South Africa's most-played lottery game by draw frequency — it draws every single day at 21:00 SAST, including weekends. With jackpot odds of 1 in 376,992, it offers the best chance of winning a jackpot of any SA lottery game.
How to play
Pick 5 numbers from 1 to 36. Each board costs R2.50 — half the price of SA Lotto. Draws happen every day at 21:00 SAST.
Prize divisions
- Division 1: Match 5 — 1 in 376,992 (Jackpot, typically R300K–R800K)
- Division 2: Match 4 — 1 in 2,432 (R1K–R3K)
- Division 3: Match 3 — 1 in 80 (R50 fixed)
- Division 4: Match 2 — 1 in 8 (R20 fixed)
Why Daily Lotto is popular
The combination of daily draws, low ticket price, and relatively good jackpot odds makes Daily Lotto very popular. You can play every day for R2.50 and have a realistic chance of winning — something that's much harder with SA Lotto or PowerBall.
Daily Lotto vs SA Lotto
SA Lotto jackpot odds: 1 in 20 million. Daily Lotto jackpot odds: 1 in 376,992. Daily Lotto gives you roughly 54x better odds of winning the jackpot. The trade-off is smaller jackpots — typically R300K–R800K vs R3 million+ for Lotto.
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