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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 22 April 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 28

JackpotZAR 278,528

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 409 of 3,030 under them

← 2020-04-21All recent draws2020-04-23 →

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 feed3 8 22 23 2829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 April 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread48th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 57 of each

350times
851times
2256times
2354times
28

Prize breakdown · 2020-04-22

  • Lines in play≈ 528kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 785.3Kto 139k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 1.4

Where the money went

  • 535%ZAR 278.5K
  • 316%ZAR 127.6K
  • 240%ZAR 315K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 64.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 1.4 by chance

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52times

Every number was expected about that many times after 408 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 (3, 8, 23) with the draw of 12 February 2020 — its closest relative in 408 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 April 2020): 22 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

84

The numbers add up to 84 — the 34th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 45 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 2.0× 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 139,264
  • 4195≈ 217 by chanceZAR 329
  • 36,382≈ 6.5k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 262,992≈ 63k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -69,571—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈528k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 6,382 winners, 2% fewer than the 6.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 139,264
    4195ZAR 329
    36,382ZAR 20.00
    262,992ZAR 5.00
    -69,571—