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Lotto Plus 1 hot and cold numbers

Ball 27 is the most-drawn Lotto Plus 1 number: it has come up 189 times in the 1 218 draws it could have been drawn in, which is 15.52% of them. That is counted across every Lotto Plus 1 draw from 3 January 2015 to 12 September 2026.

Current and historical ranges. Since 1 June 2026: 6 from 52 plus a bonus. Draws from 24 September 2025 to 31 May 2026 used 58 balls. Historical numbers are kept. This table lists the current pool. Rates use only the draws in which a number was eligible; the results archive retains all historical numbers.

Every ball, ranked by how often it actually appears

BallTimes drawnOut of RateLast appearedDraws sinceLongest gap
27 189 1 218 15.52% 22 August 2026 6 29
8 162 1 218 13.30% 5 September 2026 2 33
15 159 1 218 13.05% 15 August 2026 8 30
28 157 1 218 12.89% 2 September 2026 3 39
42 152 1 218 12.48% 2 September 2026 3 46
12 151 1 218 12.40% 2 September 2026 3 35
39 151 1 218 12.40% 22 July 2026 15 31
46 151 1 218 12.40% 12 August 2026 9 39
49 151 1 218 12.40% 29 July 2026 13 58
6 150 1 218 12.32% 12 September 2026 0 46
19 149 1 218 12.23% 22 July 2026 15 61
20 149 1 218 12.23% 15 August 2026 8 56
44 149 1 218 12.23% 4 July 2026 20 29
11 148 1 218 12.15% 29 August 2026 4 47
40 148 1 218 12.15% 11 July 2026 18 45
18 147 1 218 12.07% 26 August 2026 5 31
35 147 1 218 12.07% 29 August 2026 4 43
30 146 1 218 11.99% 15 August 2026 8 52
32 146 1 218 11.99% 12 September 2026 0 49
7 145 1 218 11.90% 12 September 2026 0 40
10 145 1 218 11.90% 2 September 2026 3 41
23 145 1 218 11.90% 9 September 2026 1 52
21 144 1 218 11.82% 29 August 2026 4 42
38 144 1 218 11.82% 22 August 2026 6 41
26 142 1 218 11.66% 5 September 2026 2 72
36 142 1 218 11.66% 13 June 2026 26 42
34 141 1 218 11.58% 8 July 2026 19 58
37 141 1 218 11.58% 22 August 2026 6 36
22 140 1 218 11.49% 9 September 2026 1 43
25 140 1 218 11.49% 15 August 2026 8 42
47 140 1 218 11.49% 1 August 2026 12 43
33 139 1 218 11.41% 26 August 2026 5 51
43 139 1 218 11.41% 9 September 2026 1 50
29 138 1 218 11.33% 29 August 2026 4 38
1 135 1 218 11.08% 5 September 2026 2 60
48 135 1 218 11.08% 22 August 2026 6 53
14 134 1 218 11.00% 5 August 2026 11 40
24 134 1 218 11.00% 5 September 2026 2 41
2 133 1 218 10.92% 9 September 2026 1 32
9 132 1 218 10.84% 27 June 2026 22 50
45 132 1 218 10.84% 26 August 2026 5 57
3 130 1 218 10.67% 12 September 2026 0 61
17 128 1 218 10.51% 9 September 2026 1 38
4 127 1 218 10.43% 29 August 2026 4 43
31 125 1 218 10.26% 25 July 2026 14 62
13 121 1 218 9.93% 9 September 2026 1 43
16 121 1 218 9.93% 12 August 2026 9 53
41 120 1 218 9.85% 23 May 2026 32 67
5 114 1 218 9.36% 12 September 2026 0 33
52 113 1 218 9.28% 25 July 2026 14 36
51 103 1 218 8.46% 12 September 2026 0 37
50 97 1 218 7.96% 15 July 2026 17 40

How this was worked out

Every Lotto Plus 1 draw in the archive was counted directly: 1 218 draws from 3 January 2015 to 12 September 2026. A ball's rate is its appearances divided by the number of draws in which that ball was in the pool, so balls added later are not penalised for having had fewer chances. Longest gap is the largest number of consecutive draws that ball was absent for.

What this does not tell you. A lottery draw has no memory. Every ball has exactly the same chance in the next draw whatever it has done before, and a ball being overdue does not make it more likely. These figures are a record of what has happened. They are not a prediction and they do not improve anyone's odds.

Sources: South African National Lottery, advbet lottery backend, za.national-lottery.com. Last computed 2026/09/15, 12:15:47 SAST. See the Lotto Plus 1 results archive and the Lotto Plus 1 predictions for today.