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Daily Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 20 October 2026

ResultDaily Lotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. 26
  4. 31
  5. 35

JackpotZAR 426,646

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 2,775 of 3,022 under them

← 2026-10-19All 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 20 Oct 2026, 22:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 13 26 31 3520 Oct 2026, 22:40 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 October 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 385 of each

12393times
13371times
26370times
31385times
35

Prize breakdown · 2026-10-20

  • Lines in play≈ 805kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 1.2Mto 106k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • Match 535%ZAR 426.6K
  • Match 315%ZAR 182.5K
  • Match 240%ZAR 479.7K
  • 1 other tier10%ZAR 121.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 2.1 by chance

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378times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,774 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 (12, 13, 31, 35) with the draw of 6 April 2021 — its closest relative in 2,774 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 October 2026): 31 carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 26 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 0.6× 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 142,215
  • Match 4298≈ 331 by chanceZAR 409
  • Match 39,505≈ 9.9k by chanceZAR 19.20
  • Match 295,938≈ 96k by chanceZAR 5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈805k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,505 winners, 4% fewer than the 9.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 53ZAR 142,215
    Match 4298ZAR 409
    Match 39,505ZAR 19.20
    Match 295,938ZAR 5.00
    Totals105,744—