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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 17 December 2019

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 25

JackpotZAR 387,616

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 283 of 3,030 under them

← 2019-12-16All recent draws2019-12-18 →

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 feed5 12 16 20 2529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

541times
1235times
1638times
2036times
25

Prize breakdown · 2019-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 738kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1Mto 196k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 54 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 539%ZAR 387.6K
  • 318%ZAR 177.6K
  • 235%ZAR 352K
  • 1 other tier8.9%ZAR 89.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 54≈ 2.0 by chanceZAR 96,904

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42times

Every number was expected about that many times after 282 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 (5, 20, 25) with the draw of 30 April 2019 — its closest relative in 282 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 December 2019): 20 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

78

The numbers add up to 78 — the 25th 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

12 had not appeared for 19 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 →
4
360≈ 303 by chance
ZAR 248
  • 39,868≈ 9.1k by chanceZAR 18.00
  • 288,010≈ 88k by chanceZAR 4.00
  • -98,242—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈738k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,868 winners, 8% more 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
    54ZAR 96,904
    4360ZAR 248
    39,868ZAR 18.00
    288,010ZAR 4.00
    -98,242—