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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 15 May 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 16
  5. 29

JackpotZAR 60,000

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 432 of 3,030 under them

← 2020-05-14All recent draws2020-05-16 →

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 12 14 16 2929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 May 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 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd33th
  • low90th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread54th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 60 of each

354times
1266times
1461times
1658times
29

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-15

  • Lines in play≈ 97kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 130.2Kto 26k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 50 winnerschance said 0.26

Where the money went

  • 447%ZAR 61.5K
  • 317%ZAR 22.4K
  • 236%ZAR 46.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 50≈ 0.26 by chanceZAR 60,000
  2. 4

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69times

Every number was expected about that many times after 431 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (14, 16, 29) with the draw of 10 April 2020 — its closest relative in 431 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2020): 12 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. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 16 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 1.8× 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 →
36≈ 40 by chance
ZAR 1,707
  • 31,177≈ 1.2k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 211,603≈ 12k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -12,816—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈97k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 1,177 winners, 2% fewer than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    50ZAR 60,000
    436ZAR 1,707
    31,177ZAR 19.00
    211,603ZAR 4.00
    -12,816—