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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 24
  5. 28

JackpotZAR 531,586

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 1,986 of 3,029 under them

← 2024-08-19All recent draws2024-08-21 →

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 feed4 18 21 24 2829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd10th
  • low33th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread42th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 276 of each

4280times
18268times
21268times
24269times
28

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.5Mto 264k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 4lines took a prize
  • 51 winnerchance said 2.7

Where the money went

  • 536%ZAR 531.6K
  • 316%ZAR 235.2K
  • 240%ZAR 596.9K
  • 1 other tier8.2%ZAR 122.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 51≈ 2.7 by chance

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272times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,985 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 (4, 18, 21) with the draw of 15 June 2024 — its closest relative in 1,985 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 54th 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

18 had not appeared for 35 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 1.5× 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 531,586
  • 4455≈ 412 by chanceZAR 269
  • 312,379≈ 12k by chanceZAR 19.00
  • 2119,375≈ 119k by chanceZAR 5.00
  • -132,210—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 12,379 winners, 0% more than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    51ZAR 531,586
    4455ZAR 269
    312,379ZAR 19.00
    2119,375ZAR 5.00
    -132,210—