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Mega-Sena · draw

Sunday, 31 August 1997

ResultMega-Sena

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 22
  3. 25
  4. 31
  5. 32
  6. 46

JackpotR$5,465,006

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

Rules6/60 · since Mar 1996draw 78 of 3,065 under them

← 1997-08-24All recent draws1997-09-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 22 25 31 32 4629 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 1997 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd22th
  • low50th
  • widest gap21th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread16th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

1210times
224times
2512times
312times
32

Prize breakdown · 1997-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outR$2Mto 6.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,293lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.28

Where the money went

  • Match 550%R$1M
  • Match 450%R$1M
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.28 by chanceR$5,465,006
  2. Match 5

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4times
467times

Every number was expected about that many times after 77 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 (25, 32) with the draw of 1 June 1997 — its closest relative in 77 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 1997): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 35th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 183. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 41 draws. A number waits about 10 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 72% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
103≈ 90 by chance
R$9,907
  • Match 45,984≈ 6.0k by chanceR$170
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 5,984 winners, 0% more than the 6.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60R$5,465,006
    Match 5103R$9,907
    Match 45,984R$170
    Totals6,087—