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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 20 March 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 22

JackpotZAR 428,903

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 376 of 3,030 under them

← 2020-03-19All recent draws2020-03-21 →

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 feed3 9 18 19 2229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 March 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd67th
  • low67th
  • widest gap24th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 52 of each

348times
960times
1842times
1949times
22

Prize breakdown · 2020-03-20

  • Lines in play≈ 880kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 234k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • 537%ZAR 428.9K
  • 317%ZAR 197.4K
  • 237%ZAR 419.9K
  • 1 other tier8.6%ZAR 98.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 2.3 by chance

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49times

Every number was expected about that many times after 375 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 (3, 18, 19) with the draw of 27 July 2019 — its closest relative in 375 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 March 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

71

The numbers add up to 71 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 15 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 2.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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 214,451
  • 4409≈ 362 by chanceZAR 241
  • 311,609≈ 11k by chanceZAR 17.00
  • 2104,984≈ 105k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -117,004—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈880k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 11,609 winners, 7% more than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 214,451
    4409ZAR 241
    311,609ZAR 17.00
    2104,984ZAR 4.00
    -117,004—