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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 12 August 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 15
  4. 18
  5. 25
  6. 29

Jackpot$9,100,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,421 of 1,910 under them

← 2023-08-09All recent draws2023-08-16 →

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 7 15 18 25 2929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd77th
  • low94th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread14th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 174 of each

2164times
7195times
15169times
18176times
25

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-12

  • Lines in play≈ 330kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$73.6Kto 6.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$25K
  • Match 450%$37K
  • Match 316%$11.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$9,100,000
  2. Match 5

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161times
29190times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,420 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 3 of 6 numbers (15, 25, 29) with the draw of 15 April 2023 — its closest relative in 1,420 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 August 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 5th 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

25 had not appeared for 28 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 3.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
10≈ 6.1 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4370≈ 319 by chance$100
  • Match 35,818≈ 5.8k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈330k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,818 winners, 0% more than the 5.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$9,100,000
    Match 510$2,500
    Match 4370$100
    Match 35,818$2.00
    Totals6,198—