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Daily Lotto · draw

Monday, 18 May 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 30

JackpotZAR 42,048

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 435 of 3,030 under them

← 2020-05-17All recent draws2020-05-19 →

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 feed7 16 18 19 3029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 60 of each

761times
1660times
1848times
1959times
30

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 80kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 118.1Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 42K
  • 316%ZAR 19K
  • 240%ZAR 47.4K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 9.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. 51≈ 0.21 by chanceZAR 42,048

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50times

Every number was expected about that many times after 434 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 (7, 19, 30) with the draw of 24 June 2019 — its closest relative in 434 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 45th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 9 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
22≈ 33 by chance
ZAR 440
  • 3903≈ 981 by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 29,487≈ 9.5k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -10,413—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈80k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 903 winners, 8% fewer than the 981 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 42,048
    422ZAR 440
    3903ZAR 21.00
    29,487ZAR 5.00
    -10,413—