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Mega-Sena · draw

Saturday, 20 February 2016

ResultMega-Sena

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 41
  6. 47

JackpotR$29,644,681

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 1,792 of 3,064 under them

← 2016-02-17All recent draws2016-02-24 →

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 feed2 16 17 18 41 4729 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 February 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.

  • sum15th
  • odd50th
  • low78th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread51th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 179 of each

2184times
16184times
17190times
18180times
41

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-20

  • Lines in play≈ 15Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outR$7.1Mto 6.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,303lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 541%R$2.9M
  • Match 459%R$4.2M
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.31 by chanceR$29,644,681
  2. Match 5

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192times
47182times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,791 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 4 of 6 numbers (2, 17, 18, 47) with the draw of 19 March 2014 — its closest relative in 1,791 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 54% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 February 2016): 18 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 183. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 17–18. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 42 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 72% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
85≈ 100 by chance
R$34,569
  • Match 46,593≈ 6.6k by chanceR$637
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈15M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 6,593 winners, 0% more than the 6.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60R$29,644,681
    Match 585R$34,569
    Match 46,593R$637
    Totals6,678—