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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 17 August 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 20
  4. 21
  5. 43
  6. 48

Jackpot$5,400,000

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

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,622 of 2,591 under them

← 2020-08-15All recent draws2020-08-19 →

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 feed3 9 20 21 43 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2020 — 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 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread95th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 203 of each

3205times
9215times
20182times
21213times
43

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 254kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$39.2Kto 6.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 425%$9.8K
  • Match 312%$4.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker29%$11.6K
  • 3 other tiers33%$13.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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203times
48195times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,621 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 (9, 21, 43, 48) with the draw of 28 January 2017 — its closest relative in 1,621 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 82% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 9 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,400,000
  • Match 55≈ 5.2 by chance$923
  • Match 4265≈ 267 by chance$37.00
  • Match 34,753≈ 4.8k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$3,694
  • Match 4 with Kicker77$150
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,186$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈254k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,753 winners, 0% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,400,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$3,694
    Match 55$923
    Match 4 with Kicker77$150
    Match 4265$37.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,186$4.00
    Match 34,753$1.00
    Totals6,287—