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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 17
  4. 28
  5. 30
  6. 34

Jackpot$1,000,000

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 1,626 of 2,591 under them

← 2020-08-24All recent draws2020-08-29 →

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 5 17 28 30 3429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread32th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 203 of each

2195times
5220times
17215times
28207times
30

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 161kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$26.2Kto 4.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$5.6K
  • Match 427%$7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker28%$7.3K
  • 2 other tiers24%$6.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$1,000,000

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190times
34199times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,625 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 (2, 5, 28, 30) with the draw of 18 May 2016 — its closest relative in 1,625 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 83% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 17th 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

17 had not appeared for 15 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 28% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 52≈ 3.3 by chance$2,780
  • Match 4183≈ 170 by chance$38.00
  • Match 33,016≈ 3.0k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker47$155
  • Match 3 with Kicker849$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈161k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,016 winners, 0% more than the 3.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,000,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 52$2,780
    Match 4 with Kicker47$155
    Match 4183$38.00
    Match 3 with Kicker849$4.00
    Match 33,016$1.00
    Totals4,097—