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Daily Lotto · draw

Saturday, 29 February 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 28
  5. 35

JackpotZAR 411,718

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/36 · since Mar 2019draw 356 of 3,030 under them

← 2020-02-28All recent draws2020-03-01 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 16 20 28 3529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 February 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 73% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap24th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread66th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 49 of each

749times
1648times
2042times
2849times
35

Prize breakdown · 2020-02-29

  • Lines in play≈ 760kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 201k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 411.7K
  • 316%ZAR 187.9K
  • 239%ZAR 453.3K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 94.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 2.0 by chance

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48times

Every number was expected about that many times after 355 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (7, 20, 35) with the draw of 20 December 2019 — its closest relative in 355 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 February 2020): 35 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 18 draws. A number waits about 7 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 205,859
  • 4270≈ 313 by chanceZAR 351
  • 39,397≈ 9.4k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 290,669≈ 91k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -100,338—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈760k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,397 winners, 0% more than the 9.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 205,859
    4270ZAR 351
    39,397ZAR 20.00
    290,669ZAR 5.00
    -100,338—