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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 16
  4. 22
  5. 26

JackpotZAR 292,227

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 500 of 3,029 under them

← 2020-07-21All recent draws2020-07-23 →

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 5 16 22 2629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 July 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread48th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 69 of each

165times
583times
1663times
2274times
26

Prize breakdown · 2020-07-22

  • Lines in play≈ 551kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 754.5Kto 145k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.5

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 292.2K
  • 318%ZAR 132.2K
  • 235%ZAR 262.9K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 67.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.5 by chance

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66times

Every number was expected about that many times after 499 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 (1, 5, 22) with the draw of 16 March 2020 — its closest relative in 499 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 July 2020): 1 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 15th 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 17 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 →
ZAR 292,227
  • 4203≈ 227 by chanceZAR 331
  • 36,610≈ 6.8k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 265,726≈ 66k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -72,540—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈551k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 6,610 winners, 3% fewer than the 6.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 292,227
    4203ZAR 331
    36,610ZAR 20.00
    265,726ZAR 4.00
    -72,540—