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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 23
  3. 30
  4. 32
  5. 41
  6. 49

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 669 of 1,728 under them

← 2016-08-27All recent draws2016-09-03 →

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 feed6 23 30 32 41 4929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread82th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 82 of each

672times
2383times
3089times
3287times
41

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73times
4988times

Every number was expected about that many times after 668 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 (6, 30, 49) with the draw of 27 July 2016 — its closest relative in 668 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

181

The numbers add up to 181 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 14 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 54% of the jackpot.

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

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