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Daily Lotto · draw

Sunday, 18 October 2026

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 26
  5. 36

JackpotZAR 295,834

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 2,773 of 3,020 under them

← 2026-10-17All 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 19 Oct 2026, 00:20 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed9 12 16 26 3619 Oct 2026, 00:20 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 October 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd10th
  • low67th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread60th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 385 of each

9402times
12392times
16379times
26369times
36

Prize breakdown · 2026-10-18

  • Lines in play≈ 585kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 842Kto 77k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 52 winnerschance said 1.6

Where the money went

  • Match 535%ZAR 295.8K
  • Match 315%ZAR 126.7K
  • Match 240%ZAR 334.9K
  • 1 other tier10%ZAR 84.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 52≈ 1.6 by chance

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388times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,772 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 (9, 12, 16, 36) with the draw of 12 October 2022 — its closest relative in 2,772 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 October 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

99

The numbers add up to 99 — the 60th 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

9 had not appeared for 9 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 147,917
  • Match 4277≈ 241 by chanceZAR 305
  • Match 37,284≈ 7.2k by chanceZAR 17.40
  • Match 269,768≈ 70k by chanceZAR 4.80
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈585k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,284 winners, 1% more than the 7.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 52ZAR 147,917
    Match 4277ZAR 305
    Match 37,284ZAR 17.40
    Match 269,768ZAR 4.80
    Totals77,331—