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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 25 August 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 18
  3. 19
  4. 34
  5. 37
  6. 44

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 250 of 1,727 under them

← 2012-08-22All recent draws2012-08-29 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed9 18 19 34 37 4429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

85oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 85 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 100% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread42th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

929times
1826times
1919times
3428times
37

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34times
4425times

Every number was expected about that many times after 249 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 3 of 6 numbers (9, 37, 44) with the draw of 23 March 2011 — its closest relative in 249 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2012): 19 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 52% of the jackpot.

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

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