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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 17 October 2019

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 18
  3. 20
  4. 25
  5. 31

JackpotZAR 381,820

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 222 of 3,030 under them

← 2019-10-16All recent draws2019-10-18 →

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 feed4 18 20 25 3129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 October 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 93% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread60th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

425times
1828times
2028times
2535times
31

Prize breakdown · 2019-10-17

  • Lines in play≈ 705kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.1Mto 186k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 381.8K
  • 316%ZAR 175.7K
  • 239%ZAR 420.6K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 87.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 1.9 by chance

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26times

Every number was expected about that many times after 221 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 (4, 18, 25) with the draw of 30 September 2019 — its closest relative in 221 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 October 2019): 25 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 59th 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

4 had not appeared for 17 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 1.6× 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 381,820
  • 4277≈ 290 by chanceZAR 317
  • 38,365≈ 8.7k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 284,110≈ 84k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -92,753—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈705k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 8,365 winners, 4% fewer than the 8.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 381,820
    4277ZAR 317
    38,365ZAR 21.00
    284,110ZAR 5.00
    -92,753—