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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 August 2011

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 26
  3. 28
  4. 41
  5. 42
  6. 45
  7. 46

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

Rules6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017draw 170 of 1,577 under them

← 2011-08-17All recent draws2011-08-24 →

Also drawn that day

  • plus 1
    1. 7
    2. 9
    3. 15
    4. 33
    5. 35
    6. 44
    7. 31

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 feed3 26 28 41 42 45 + 4629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 169 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd48th
  • low5th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

317times
2624times
2813times
4121times
4219times
4523times

Every number was expected about that many times after 169 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 2 of 6 numbers (3, 28) with the draw of 3 August 2011 — its closest relative in 169 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2011): 42 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

185

The numbers add up to 185 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 42 draws. A number waits about 8 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 52% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2011-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 4.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 6.6Mto 79k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • 60 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • 421%ZAR 1.4M
  • 3 + Bonus14%ZAR 890.3K
  • 344%ZAR 2.9M
  • 3 other tiers22%ZAR 1.5M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 60≈ 0.31 by chanceno winners
  2. 5 + Bonus1≈ 1.8 by chanceZAR 325,242
  3. 552≈ 77 by chanceZAR 14,073
  4. 4 + Bonus152≈ 192 by chanceZAR 2,674
  5. 43,384≈ 3.9k by chanceZAR 402
  6. 3 + Bonus5,268≈ 5.3k by chanceZAR 169
  7. 370,145≈ 70k by chanceZAR 41.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈4.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 4 — 3,384 winners, 14% fewer than the 3.9k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
60ZAR 0.00
5 + Bonus1ZAR 325,242
552ZAR 14,073
4 + Bonus152ZAR 2,674
43,384ZAR 402
3 + Bonus5,268ZAR 169
370,145ZAR 41.00