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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 20 August 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 7
  4. 31
  5. 37
  6. 39

Jackpot$4,181,746

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 693 of 1,909 under them

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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 feed2 3 7 31 37 3929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd94th
  • low48th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 85 of each

280times
392times
796times
3189times
37

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-20

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$4.2M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$4,181,746
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$4,181,746

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85times
3969times

Every number was expected about that many times after 692 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 (2, 7, 31, 37) with the draw of 20 October 2010 — its closest relative in 692 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2016): 7, 37 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 18 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 33% of the jackpot.

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

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