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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 1 May 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 12
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 24

JackpotZAR 80,000

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 418 of 3,029 under them

← 2020-04-30All recent draws2020-05-02 →

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 feed1 12 18 19 2429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 58 of each

150times
1260times
1844times
1957times
24

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-01

  • Lines in play≈ 114kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 155.5Kto 30k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 50 winnerschance said 0.30

Where the money went

  • 448%ZAR 73.9K
  • 317%ZAR 27.1K
  • 235%ZAR 54.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 50≈ 0.30 by chanceZAR 80,000
  2. 4

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57times

Every number was expected about that many times after 417 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 4 of 5 numbers (12, 18, 19, 24) with the draw of 24 April 2019 — its closest relative in 417 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 16% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

74

The numbers add up to 74 — the 20th 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

24 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 1.7× 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 →
40≈ 47 by chance
ZAR 1,847
  • 31,354≈ 1.4k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 213,627≈ 14k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -15,021—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈114k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 1,354 winners, 4% fewer than the 1.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    50ZAR 80,000
    440ZAR 1,847
    31,354ZAR 20.00
    213,627ZAR 4.00
    -15,021—