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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 24 August 2026

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 18
  3. 22
  4. 35
  5. 42
  6. 43

Jackpot$28,050,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,883 of 1,910 under them

← 2026-08-22All recent draws2026-08-26 →

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 feed1 18 22 35 42 4327 Oct 2026, 12:40 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

74oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 74 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 230 of each

1237times
18250times
22215times
35251times
42

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228times
43224times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,882 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 (1, 22, 35, 42) with the draw of 26 February 2022 — its closest relative in 1,882 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2026): 22 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 62th 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.

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The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 33 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 55% of the jackpot.

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

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