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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 5 August 2015

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 28
  2. 29
  3. 37
  4. 39
  5. 42
  6. 43

Jackpot$3,742,055

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 584 of 1,909 under them

← 2015-08-01All recent draws2015-08-08 →

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 feed28 29 37 39 42 4329 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 August 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

12oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 12 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd77th
  • low0th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

2874times
2982times
3772times
3959times
42

Prize breakdown · 2015-08-05

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$3.7M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$3,742,055
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$3,742,055

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77times
4355times

Every number was expected about that many times after 583 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 (29, 39, 42) with the draw of 6 May 2015 — its closest relative in 583 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 August 2015): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

218

The numbers add up to 218 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29, 42–43. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 12 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 67% of the jackpot.

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

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