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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 20 December 2022

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 16
  5. 20

JackpotZAR 501,776

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 1,379 of 3,029 under them

← 2022-12-19All recent draws2022-12-21 →

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 feed2 8 11 16 2029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 December 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd10th
  • low90th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 191 of each

2195times
8187times
11167times
16178times
20

Prize breakdown · 2022-12-20

  • Lines in play≈ 975kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.3Mto 259k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 54 winnerschance said 2.6

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 501.8K
  • 317%ZAR 219.7K
  • 236%ZAR 465K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 115.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 54≈ 2.6 by chance

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197times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,378 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 (2, 8, 16, 20) with the draw of 21 January 2022 — its closest relative in 1,378 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 43% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

57

The numbers add up to 57 — the 5th 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

20 had not appeared for 10 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 2.1× 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 125,444
  • 4434≈ 401 by chanceZAR 266
  • 312,925≈ 12k by chanceZAR 17.00
  • 2116,259≈ 116k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -129,622—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈975k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 12,925 winners, 7% more than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    54ZAR 125,444
    4434ZAR 266
    312,925ZAR 17.00
    2116,259ZAR 4.00
    -129,622—