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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 20 August 2026

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 13
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 31

JackpotZAR 393,619

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 2,714 of 3,029 under them

← 2026-08-19All recent draws2026-08-21 →

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 feed5 13 28 30 3128 Oct 2026, 00:01 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread54th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 377 of each

5380times
13365times
28379times
30368times
31

Prize breakdown · 2026-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 759kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 100k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • Match 535%ZAR 393.6K
  • Match 315%ZAR 168.4K
  • Match 240%ZAR 443.5K
  • 1 other tier10%ZAR 112.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 2.0 by chance

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372times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,713 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 (5, 13, 30, 31) with the draw of 25 April 2026 — its closest relative in 2,713 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 67% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 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 1.2× 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 393,619
  • Match 4291≈ 312 by chanceZAR 386
  • Match 39,254≈ 9.4k by chanceZAR 18.20
  • Match 290,510≈ 91k by chanceZAR 4.90
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈759k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,254 winners, 1% fewer than the 9.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51ZAR 393,619
    Match 4291ZAR 386
    Match 39,254ZAR 18.20
    Match 290,510ZAR 4.90
    Totals100,056—