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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 23 August 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 21
  5. 40
  6. 43

Jackpot$6,300,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,155 of 2,590 under them

← 2017-08-21All recent draws2017-08-26 →

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 feed6 11 16 21 40 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap78th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread55th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 144 of each

6145times
11140times
16132times
21151times
40

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158times
43136times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,154 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 4 of 6 numbers (6, 16, 21, 43) with the draw of 18 July 2011 — its closest relative in 1,154 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 August 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 37th 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.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

43 had not appeared for 25 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

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