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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 16 October 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 7
  3. 13
  4. 14
  5. 23

JackpotZAR 407,763

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 586 of 3,030 under them

← 2020-10-15All recent draws2020-10-17 →

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 7 13 14 2329 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 October 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd90th
  • low90th
  • widest gap24th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread32th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 81 of each

178times
775times
1378times
1487times
23

Prize breakdown · 2020-10-16

  • Lines in play≈ 755kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 199k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 53 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 407.8K
  • 316%ZAR 182.8K
  • 240%ZAR 449.8K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 93.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 53≈ 2.0 by chance

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74times

Every number was expected about that many times after 585 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 (1, 14, 23) with the draw of 20 July 2020 — its closest relative in 585 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 October 2020): 13 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

58

The numbers add up to 58 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 15 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 1.4× 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 135,921
  • 4286≈ 310 by chanceZAR 328
  • 39,141≈ 9.3k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 289,964≈ 90k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -99,394—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈755k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,141 winners, 2% fewer than the 9.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    53ZAR 135,921
    4286ZAR 328
    39,141ZAR 20.00
    289,964ZAR 5.00
    -99,394—