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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 29 August 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. 38
  6. 42

Jackpot$2,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 877 of 1,728 under them

← 2018-08-25All recent draws2018-09-01 →

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 feed1 3 4 5 38 4229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap100th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread72th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 107 of each

1103times
391times
4104times
5101times
38

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109times
42111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 876 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 (1, 3, 4, 42) with the draw of 19 June 2013 — its closest relative in 876 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 58% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 August 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4, 4–5. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 10 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 34% of the jackpot.

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

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