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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 11 August 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 15
  5. 20
  6. 43

Jackpot$5,500,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,306 of 2,591 under them

← 2018-08-08All recent draws2018-08-13 →

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 8 9 15 20 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 11 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd50th
  • low95th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread66th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 163 of each

4174times
8173times
9173times
15172times
20

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138times
43159times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,305 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 (4, 8, 9, 15) with the draw of 26 January 2011 — its closest relative in 1,305 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 August 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

99

The numbers add up to 99 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

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