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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 22 August 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 27
  3. 31
  4. 33
  5. 43
  6. 45

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 998 of 2,590 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, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 27 31 33 43 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd95th
  • low5th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread77th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 125 of each

4130times
27117times
31141times
33128times
43

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122times
45113times

Every number was expected about that many times after 997 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 3 of 6 numbers (4, 27, 43) with the draw of 2 March 2016 — its closest relative in 997 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

183

The numbers add up to 183 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 20 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 52% of the jackpot.

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

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