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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 23 March 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 28
  5. 31
  6. 44

Jackpot$559,128

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 650 of 1,909 under them

← 2016-03-19All recent draws2016-03-26 →

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 feed3 17 22 28 31 4429 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 March 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

78oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 78 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread72th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 79 of each

389times
1777times
2270times
2885times
31

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-23

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$559.1K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60$559,128
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$559,128

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81times
4473times

Every number was expected about that many times after 649 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 4 of 6 numbers (17, 22, 31, 44) with the draw of 19 February 2011 — its closest relative in 649 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 47% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 March 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 44th 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

3 had not appeared for 17 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

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