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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 27 August 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 24
  3. 30
  4. 34
  5. 35
  6. 45

Jackpot$4,388,956

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 695 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 feed14 24 30 34 35 4529 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread25th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 85 of each

1473times
2490times
3098times
3479times
35

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-27

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$4.4M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$4,388,956
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$4,388,956

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101times
4587times

Every number was expected about that many times after 694 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 (14, 24, 30, 34) with the draw of 29 April 2015 — its closest relative in 694 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2016): 14 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

182

The numbers add up to 182 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 13 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 57% of the jackpot.

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

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