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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 20 August 2011

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 21
  3. 23
  4. 26
  5. 27
  6. 44

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 215 of 2,590 under them

← 2011-08-17All recent draws2011-08-22 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 21 23 26 27 4429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

87oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 87 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 100% of every possible ticket.

  • sum52th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

827times
2131times
2323times
2628times
27

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26times
4422times

Every number was expected about that many times after 214 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 3 of 6 numbers (26, 27, 44) with the draw of 2 May 2011 — its closest relative in 214 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2011): 21 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

149

The numbers add up to 149 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 12 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 29% of the jackpot.

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

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