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Mega-Sena · draw

Saturday, 18 August 2001

ResultMega-Sena

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 9
  3. 11
  4. 17
  5. 18
  6. 50

JackpotR$860,965

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/60 · since Mar 1996draw 288 of 3,064 under them

← 2001-08-15All recent draws2001-08-22 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed6 9 11 17 18 5029 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2001 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd50th
  • low95th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread47th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

629times
922times
1123times
1730times
18

Prize breakdown · 2001-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 11Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outR$1.4Mto 4.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,293lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 550%R$717.5K
  • Match 450%R$714.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.22 by chanceR$860,965
  2. Match 5

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21times
5028times

Every number was expected about that many times after 287 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (9, 11, 50) with the draw of 20 March 1999 — its closest relative in 287 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2001): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 183. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 20 draws. A number waits about 10 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 55% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
82≈ 72 by chance
R$8,750
  • Match 44,763≈ 4.8k by chanceR$150
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈11M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 4,763 winners, 0% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60R$860,965
    Match 582R$8,750
    Match 44,763R$150
    Totals4,845—