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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 18 August 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 29
  3. 34
  4. 37
  5. 40
  6. 46

Jackpot$3,300,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 1,187 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 feed3 29 34 37 40 4629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd48th
  • low5th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread82th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 145 of each

3129times
29152times
34130times
37127times
40

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163times
46171times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,186 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 (3, 29, 34) with the draw of 19 August 2020 — its closest relative in 1,186 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 August 2021): 34 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

189

The numbers add up to 189 — the 88th 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.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 38 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 61% of the jackpot.

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

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