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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 18 August 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 11
  4. 18
  5. 29
  6. 37

Jackpot$3,300,000

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 · since Jan 2010draw 1,214 of 1,910 under them

← 2021-08-14All recent draws2021-08-21 →

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 feed5 7 11 18 29 3729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread29th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 149 of each

5162times
7166times
11151times
18155times
29

Prize breakdown · 2021-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 309kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$71.5Kto 5.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$25K
  • Match 450%$35.6K
  • Match 315%$10.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$3,300,000
  2. Match 5

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162times
37152times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,213 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 (5, 7, 11, 37) with the draw of 7 May 2016 — its closest relative in 1,213 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 70% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 August 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 9th 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

18 had not appeared for 12 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
10≈ 5.7 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4356≈ 299 by chance$100
  • Match 35,448≈ 5.4k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈309k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,448 winners, 0% more than the 5.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,300,000
    Match 510$2,500
    Match 4356$100
    Match 35,448$2.00
    Totals5,814—