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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 8 September 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 19
  2. 22
  3. 23
  4. 29
  5. 42
  6. 44

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 1,788 of 2,592 under them

← 2021-09-06All recent draws2021-09-11 →

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 feed19 22 23 29 42 4429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 September 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 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 223 of each

19224times
22222times
23230times
29189times
42

Prize breakdown · 2021-09-08

  • Lines in play≈ 198kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$31.4Kto 4.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 428%$8.9K
  • Match 5 with Kicker21%$6.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker27%$8.5K
  • 2 other tiers23%$7.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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233times
44211times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,787 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 (19, 29, 42, 44) with the draw of 26 September 2016 — its closest relative in 1,787 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 85% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 September 2021): 19 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

179

The numbers add up to 179 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 20 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 45% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,800,000
  • Match 50≈ 4.1 by chanceno winners
  • Match 4209≈ 209 by chance$42.60
  • Match 33,711≈ 3.7k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$6,743
  • Match 4 with Kicker50$170
  • Match 3 with Kicker872$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈198k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,711 winners, 0% fewer 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$2,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$6,743
    Match 50$0.00
    Match 4 with Kicker50$170
    Match 4209$42.60
    Match 3 with Kicker872$4.00
    Match 33,711$1.00
    Totals4,843—