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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 8 March 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 13
  3. 22
  4. 28
  5. 38
  6. 39

Jackpot$2,800,000

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 1,709 of 2,591 under them

← 2021-03-06All recent draws2021-03-10 →

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 13 22 28 38 3929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 March 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 214 of each

8239times
13221times
22213times
28218times
38

Prize breakdown · 2021-03-08

  • Lines in play≈ 195kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$30Kto 4.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$6.3K
  • Match 423%$6.9K
  • Match 4 with Kicker31%$9.2K
  • 2 other tiers25%$7.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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228times
39215times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,708 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 (8, 28, 38, 39) with the draw of 13 December 2017 — its closest relative in 1,708 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 March 2021): 13 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 34 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 48% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,800,000
  • Match 54≈ 4.0 by chance$1,564
  • Match 4199≈ 205 by chance$34.90
  • Match 33,645≈ 3.6k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker66$140
  • Match 3 with Kicker982$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈195k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,645 winners, 0% more than the 3.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 54$1,564
    Match 4 with Kicker66$140
    Match 4199$34.90
    Match 3 with Kicker982$4.00
    Match 33,645$1.00
    Totals4,896—