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Daily Lotto · draw

Sunday, 4 October 2026

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 13
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 23

JackpotZAR 354,264

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 2,759 of 3,006 under them

← 2026-10-03All recent drawsLatest on record

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 5 Oct 2026, 01:41 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 13 16 20 235 Oct 2026, 01:41 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 October 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum25th
  • odd67th
  • low67th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 383 of each

5389times
13369times
16377times
20376times
23

Prize breakdown · 2026-10-04

  • Lines in play≈ 704kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.0Mto 93k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • Match 535%ZAR 354.3K
  • Match 315%ZAR 151.7K
  • Match 240%ZAR 402.8K
  • 1 other tier10%ZAR 101.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 1.9 by chance

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384times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,758 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 4 of 5 numbers (5, 16, 20, 23) with the draw of 7 July 2026 — its closest relative in 2,758 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 October 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

77

The numbers add up to 77 — the 24th 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

13 had not appeared for 13 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 1.2× 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 118,088
  • Match 4347≈ 289 by chanceZAR 292
  • Match 38,974≈ 8.7k by chanceZAR 16.90
  • Match 283,925≈ 84k by chanceZAR 4.80
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈704k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,974 winners, 3% more than the 8.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 53ZAR 118,088
    Match 4347ZAR 292
    Match 38,974ZAR 16.90
    Match 283,925ZAR 4.80
    Totals93,249—