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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 12 March 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 35
  3. 37
  4. 38
  5. 42
  6. 48

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 620 of 1,728 under them

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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 feed20 35 37 38 42 4829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 March 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd20th
  • low5th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 76 of each

2075times
3582times
3765times
3877times
42

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69times
4874times

Every number was expected about that many times after 619 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 (35, 37, 42) with the draw of 10 January 2015 — its closest relative in 619 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 March 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

220

The numbers add up to 220 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 12 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 74% of the jackpot.

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

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