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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 16 October 2019

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 17
  4. 22
  5. 25

JackpotZAR 387,613

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 221 of 3,029 under them

← 2019-10-15All recent draws2019-10-17 →

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 feed2 9 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 16 October 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd67th
  • low67th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

237times
933times
1729times
2223times
25

Prize breakdown · 2019-10-16

  • Lines in play≈ 736kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1Mto 194k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 387.6K
  • 317%ZAR 172.1K
  • 235%ZAR 351.2K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 89.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.0 by chance

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34times

Every number was expected about that many times after 220 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 (2, 9, 25) with the draw of 7 July 2019 — its closest relative in 220 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 October 2019): 9, 25 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

75

The numbers add up to 75 — the 21th 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

2 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 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 387,613
  • 4304≈ 303 by chanceZAR 293
  • 39,058≈ 9.1k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 287,801≈ 88k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -97,164—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈736k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,058 winners, 0% fewer than the 9.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 387,613
    4304ZAR 293
    39,058ZAR 19.00
    287,801ZAR 4.00
    -97,164—