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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 31 March 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 20
  3. 27
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 45

Jackpot$500,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,174 of 1,911 under them

← 2021-03-27All recent draws2021-04-03 →

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 feed8 20 27 42 43 4529 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 March 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 144 of each

8128times
20130times
27148times
42146times
43

Prize breakdown · 2021-03-31

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$500K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60$500,000
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$500,000

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140times
45147times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,173 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 4 of 6 numbers (20, 27, 43, 45) with the draw of 28 January 2017 — its closest relative in 1,173 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 69% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 March 2021): 42, 45 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

185

The numbers add up to 185 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 7 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 51% of the jackpot.

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

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