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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 8 September 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 21
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 37
  5. 40
  6. 43

Jackpot$3,600,000

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 1,220 of 1,911 under them

← 2021-09-04All recent draws2021-09-11 →

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 feed21 23 24 37 40 4329 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 September 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 149 of each

21128times
23166times
24149times
37153times
40

Prize breakdown · 2021-09-08

  • Lines in play≈ 124kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$20.2Kto 2.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 525%$5K
  • Match 454%$10.8K
  • Match 322%$4.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$3,600,000
  2. Match 5

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134times
43143times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,219 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 (23, 24, 37, 43) with the draw of 31 August 2013 — its closest relative in 1,219 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 70% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 September 2021): 23 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

188

The numbers add up to 188 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

43 had not appeared for 31 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 57% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2≈ 2.3 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4108≈ 120 by chance$100
  • Match 32,188≈ 2.2k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈124k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,188 winners, 0% more than the 2.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,600,000
    Match 52$2,500
    Match 4108$100
    Match 32,188$2.00
    Totals2,298—