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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 22 August 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 11
  4. 22
  5. 26
  6. 33

Jackpot$5,600,000

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

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,624 of 2,591 under them

← 2020-08-19All recent draws2020-08-24 →

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 feed2 3 11 22 26 3329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 203 of each

2194times
3206times
11207times
22204times
26

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 402kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$56.7Kto 9.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$17.3K
  • Match 5 with Kicker13%$7.6K
  • Match 4 with Kicker23%$12.9K
  • 3 other tiers33%$18.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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194times
33207times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,623 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 5 of 6 numbers (2, 3, 11, 22, 26) with the draw of 12 February 2011 — its closest relative in 1,623 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 3.3% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 22 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,500,000
  • Match 511≈ 8.3 by chance$381
  • Match 4454≈ 424 by chance$38.00
  • Match 37,529≈ 7.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker5$1,526
  • Match 4 with Kicker83$155
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,796$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈402k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,529 winners, 0% more than the 7.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,500,000
    Match 5 with Kicker5$1,526
    Match 511$381
    Match 4 with Kicker83$155
    Match 4454$38.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,796$4.00
    Match 37,529$1.00
    Totals9,878—