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Daily Lotto · draw

Thursday, 27 August 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 15
  3. 30
  4. 33
  5. 34

JackpotZAR 368,079

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 536 of 3,029 under them

← 2020-08-26All recent draws2020-08-28 →

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 feed1 15 30 33 3429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread94th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 74 of each

173times
1579times
3068times
3378times
34

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-27

  • Lines in play≈ 677kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1Mto 178k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 52 winnerschance said 1.8

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 368.1K
  • 316%ZAR 165.1K
  • 240%ZAR 403.9K
  • 1 other tier8.3%ZAR 84.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 52≈ 1.8 by chance

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81times

Every number was expected about that many times after 535 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 (1, 15, 33) with the draw of 10 September 2019 — its closest relative in 535 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 August 2020): 30 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 33–34. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 11 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
ZAR 184,039
  • 4217≈ 279 by chanceZAR 390
  • 37,863≈ 8.4k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 280,775≈ 81k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -88,857—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈677k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 7,863 winners, 6% fewer than the 8.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    52ZAR 184,039
    4217ZAR 390
    37,863ZAR 21.00
    280,775ZAR 5.00
    -88,857—