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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 8 April 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 32

JackpotZAR 280,745

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 395 of 3,030 under them

← 2020-04-07All recent draws2020-04-09 →

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 feed2 9 17 20 3229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 April 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap51th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread79th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 55 of each

267times
962times
1743times
2053times
32

Prize breakdown · 2020-04-08

  • Lines in play≈ 542kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 729.9Kto 143k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.4

Where the money went

  • 538%ZAR 280.7K
  • 317%ZAR 126.1K
  • 235%ZAR 258.5K
  • 1 other tier8.8%ZAR 64.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.4 by chance

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54times

Every number was expected about that many times after 394 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 (2, 17, 20) with the draw of 10 March 2020 — its closest relative in 394 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 April 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

80

The numbers add up to 80 — the 28th 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

17 had not appeared for 29 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 1.0× 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 280,745
  • 4251≈ 223 by chanceZAR 257
  • 36,639≈ 6.7k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 264,619≈ 65k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -71,510—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈542k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 6,639 winners, 1% fewer than the 6.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 280,745
    4251ZAR 257
    36,639ZAR 19.00
    264,619ZAR 4.00
    -71,510—