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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 18 August 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 17
  3. 19
  4. 20
  5. 30

JackpotZAR 363,675

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 527 of 3,029 under them

← 2020-08-17All recent draws2020-08-19 →

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 feed11 17 19 20 3029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 73 of each

1165times
1756times
1967times
2069times
30

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 706kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 944.4Kto 187k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 363.7K
  • 317%ZAR 160.4K
  • 236%ZAR 336.7K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 83.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.9 by chance

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65times

Every number was expected about that many times after 526 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 (11, 19, 20) with the draw of 24 May 2020 — its closest relative in 526 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 57th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 13 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 363,675
  • 4237≈ 290 by chanceZAR 353
  • 38,911≈ 8.7k by chanceZAR 18.00
  • 284,163≈ 84k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -93,312—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈706k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 8,911 winners, 2% more than the 8.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 363,675
    4237ZAR 353
    38,911ZAR 18.00
    284,163ZAR 4.00
    -93,312—