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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 20 August 2025

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 14
  3. 17
  4. 22
  5. 25

JackpotZAR 457,795

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 2,350 of 3,029 under them

← 2025-08-19All recent draws2025-08-21 →

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 feed7 14 17 22 2529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd67th
  • low67th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 326 of each

7317times
14337times
17297times
22326times
25

Prize breakdown · 2025-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 890kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 237k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 2.4

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 457.8K
  • 317%ZAR 199.4K
  • 236%ZAR 424.6K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 105.2K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 2.4 by chance

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345times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,349 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 (7, 14, 17, 22) with the draw of 23 April 2020 — its closest relative in 2,349 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2025): 17 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

85

The numbers add up to 85 — the 36th 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

7 had not appeared for 16 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 1.8× 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 228,897
  • 4406≈ 366 by chanceZAR 259
  • 311,732≈ 11k by chanceZAR 17.00
  • 2106,151≈ 106k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -118,291—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈890k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 11,732 winners, 7% more than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 228,897
    4406ZAR 259
    311,732ZAR 17.00
    2106,151ZAR 4.00
    -118,291—