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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 11
  3. 14
  4. 23
  5. 37
  6. 39

Jackpot$2,300,000

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 1,704 of 2,592 under them

← 2021-02-22All recent draws2021-02-27 →

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 feed8 11 14 23 37 3929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap44th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 213 of each

8238times
11213times
14221times
23219times
37

Prize breakdown · 2021-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 200kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$31.1Kto 5.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 426%$8K
  • Match 5 with Kicker18%$5.5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker28%$8.8K
  • 3 other tiers28%$8.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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215times
39214times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,703 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 (8, 11, 14, 37, 39) with the draw of 25 September 2017 — its closest relative in 1,703 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 3.5% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 February 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 32th 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

23 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 36% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,300,000
  • Match 53≈ 4.1 by chance$342
  • Match 4218≈ 210 by chance$36.70
  • Match 33,738≈ 3.7k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker4$1,367
  • Match 4 with Kicker60$147
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,014$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈200k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,738 winners, 0% more than the 3.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,300,000
    Match 5 with Kicker4$1,367
    Match 53$342
    Match 4 with Kicker60$147
    Match 4218$36.70
    Match 3 with Kicker1,014$4.00
    Match 33,738$1.00
    Totals5,037—