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Daily Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 22
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 32

JackpotZAR 426,799

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 1,680 of 3,030 under them

← 2023-10-17All recent draws2023-10-19 →

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 feed17 22 29 30 3229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 October 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd33th
  • low10th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 233 of each

17204times
22247times
29235times
30227times
32

Prize breakdown · 2023-10-18

  • Lines in play≈ 765kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 201k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 53 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 426.8K
  • 316%ZAR 193.4K
  • 239%ZAR 456K
  • 1 other tier8.4%ZAR 98.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 53≈ 2.0 by chance

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238times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,679 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

This exact draw has happened before, on 14 October 2020. Chance gave a match this close a 0.4% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 October 2023): 22, 30 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 95th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

32 had not appeared for 10 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 0.7× 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 142,266
  • 4290≈ 315 by chanceZAR 339
  • 39,209≈ 9.4k by chanceZAR 21.00
  • 291,205≈ 91k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -100,707—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈765k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 9,209 winners, 2% fewer than the 9.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    53ZAR 142,266
    4290ZAR 339
    39,209ZAR 21.00
    291,205ZAR 5.00
    -100,707—