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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 8 May 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 15
  4. 36
  5. 43
  6. 48

Jackpot$1,076,761

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,185 of 1,910 under them

← 2021-05-05All recent draws2021-05-12 →

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 4 15 36 43 4829 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum48th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread95th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 145 of each

2135times
4126times
15134times
36165times
43

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-08

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$1.1M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$1,076,761
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$1,076,761

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141times
48157times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,184 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 5 of 6 numbers (2, 4, 15, 36, 48) with the draw of 9 September 2017 — its closest relative in 1,184 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 2.2% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 May 2021): 2 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 47th 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

43 had not appeared for 11 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 52% of the jackpot.

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

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