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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 20 February 2025

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 25
  4. 26
  5. 35

JackpotZAR 511,670

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 2,169 of 3,030 under them

← 2025-02-19All recent draws2025-02-21 →

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 feed3 6 25 26 3529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 February 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread89th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 301 of each

3272times
6334times
25323times
26279times
35

Prize breakdown · 2025-02-20

  • Lines in play≈ 933kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.4Mto 245k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 53 winnerschance said 2.5

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 511.7K
  • 316%ZAR 227.1K
  • 239%ZAR 556.3K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 117.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 53≈ 2.5 by chance

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291times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,168 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 (3, 25, 26, 35) with the draw of 12 June 2020 — its closest relative in 2,168 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 59% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 February 2025): 25 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 170,556
  • 4340≈ 384 by chanceZAR 346
  • 310,812≈ 12k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 2111,256≈ 111k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -122,411—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈933k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 10,812 winners, 6% fewer 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
    53ZAR 170,556
    4340ZAR 346
    310,812ZAR 21.00
    2111,256ZAR 5.00
    -122,411—