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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 29 August 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 10
  4. 16
  5. 33
  6. 41

Jackpot$4,981,173

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 278 of 1,908 under them

← 2012-08-25All recent draws2012-09-01 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 5 10 16 33 4129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread57th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 34 of each

336times
531times
1040times
1634times
33

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-29

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$5M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$4,981,173
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$4,981,173

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39times
4132times

Every number was expected about that many times after 277 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (3, 5, 16, 41) with the draw of 16 February 2011 — its closest relative in 277 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 24% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 August 2012): 10 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 14 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 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 35% of the jackpot.

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

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