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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 8
  4. 18
  5. 39
  6. 44

Jackpot$5,883,777

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 174 of 1,909 under them

← 2011-08-27All recent draws2011-09-03 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 6 8 18 39 4429 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

519times
629times
822times
1820times
39

Prize breakdown · 2011-08-31

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$5.9M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$5,883,777
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$5,883,777

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16times
4421times

Every number was expected about that many times after 173 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 (6, 8, 39) with the draw of 2 October 2010 — its closest relative in 173 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2011): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 21 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 36% of the jackpot.

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

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