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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 21 May 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 22
  3. 33
  4. 35
  5. 43
  6. 46

Jackpot$1,860,507

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 667 of 1,909 under them

← 2016-05-18All recent draws2016-05-25 →

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 feed20 22 33 35 43 4629 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 May 2016 — 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.

  • sum93th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread11th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 82 of each

2084times
2272times
3384times
3598times
43

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-21

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$1.9M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$1,860,507
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$1,860,507

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70times
4678times

Every number was expected about that many times after 666 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 6 numbers (20, 33, 35, 46) with the draw of 25 March 2015 — its closest relative in 666 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 48% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

199

The numbers add up to 199 — the 93th 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

20 had not appeared for 24 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 66% of the jackpot.

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

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