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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 29
  5. 36
  6. 46

Jackpot$1,500,000

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 2,409 of 2,591 under them

← 2025-08-25All recent draws2025-08-30 →

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 16 17 29 36 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 August 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

76oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 76 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum52th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread77th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 301 of each

5323times
16277times
17305times
29268times
36

Prize breakdown · 2025-08-27

  • Lines in play≈ 173kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$35Kto 4.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 37lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$7.5K
  • Match 423%$8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker32%$11.3K
  • 2 other tiers23%$8.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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287times
46317times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,408 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (5, 17, 29, 46) with the draw of 20 November 2024 — its closest relative in 2,408 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 August 2025): 46 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

149

The numbers add up to 149 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 9 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,400,000
  • Match 52≈ 3.6 by chance$3,734
  • Match 4189≈ 182 by chance$42.30
  • Match 33,237≈ 3.2k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker67$169
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,232$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈173k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,237 winners, 0% more than the 3.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,400,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 52$3,734
    Match 4 with Kicker67$169
    Match 4189$42.30
    Match 3 with Kicker1,232$4.00
    Match 33,237$1.00
    Totals4,727—