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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 15
  4. 20
  5. 30
  6. 39

Jackpot$2,000,000

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 1,701 of 2,592 under them

← 2021-02-15All recent draws2021-02-20 →

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 feed5 8 15 20 30 3929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 February 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread40th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 213 of each

5241times
8236times
15215times
20189times
30

Prize breakdown · 2021-02-17

  • Lines in play≈ 186kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.5Kto 4.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$7K
  • Match 5 with Kicker15%$4.5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker30%$8.9K
  • 3 other tiers31%$9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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200times
39213times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,700 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 (5, 15, 20, 30) with the draw of 25 December 2013 — its closest relative in 1,700 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 February 2021): 5 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 18th 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

30 had not appeared for 13 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 →
$2,000,000
  • Match 53≈ 3.8 by chance$561
  • Match 4218≈ 196 by chance$32.30
  • Match 33,478≈ 3.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$2,244
  • Match 4 with Kicker69$129
  • Match 3 with Kicker961$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈186k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,478 winners, 0% more than the 3.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,000,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$2,244
    Match 53$561
    Match 4 with Kicker69$129
    Match 4218$32.30
    Match 3 with Kicker961$4.00
    Match 33,478$1.00
    Totals4,731—