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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 19 May 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 23
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 40

Jackpot$1,331,698

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,188 of 1,911 under them

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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 8 23 36 37 4029 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

90oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 90 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 100% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 145 of each

3158times
8131times
23159times
36166times
37

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-19

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$1.3M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$1,331,698
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$1,331,698

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148times
40130times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,187 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 (8, 23, 36, 40) with the draw of 17 March 2018 — its closest relative in 1,187 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 69% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2021): 23 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 11 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 45% of the jackpot.

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

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