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Daily Lotto · draw

Friday, 28 August 2020

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 12
  4. 17
  5. 30

JackpotZAR 428,381

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 537 of 3,029 under them

← 2020-08-27All recent draws2020-08-29 →

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 8 12 17 3029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd33th
  • low90th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread48th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 74 of each

587times
865times
1286times
1758times
30

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 808kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 212k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 428.4K
  • 316%ZAR 191.6K
  • 240%ZAR 481.6K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 98.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.1 by chance

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69times

Every number was expected about that many times after 536 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, 12, 17) with the draw of 26 May 2020 — its closest relative in 536 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2020): 30 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

72

The numbers add up to 72 — the 17th 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

5 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 2.1× 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 428,381
  • 4289≈ 332 by chanceZAR 341
  • 39,578≈ 10.0k by chanceZAR 20.00
  • 296,326≈ 96k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -106,194—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈808k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,578 winners, 4% fewer than the 10.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 428,381
    4289ZAR 341
    39,578ZAR 20.00
    296,326ZAR 5.00
    -106,194—