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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 25 August 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 15
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 40
  6. 45

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 373 of 2,590 under them

← 2012-08-22All recent draws2012-08-27 →

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 feed9 15 21 22 40 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 47 of each

943times
1553times
2152times
2241times
40

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53times
4548times

Every number was expected about that many times after 372 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 (9, 21, 45) with the draw of 8 August 2012 — its closest relative in 372 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2012): 15 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

152

The numbers add up to 152 — the 55th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 21 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

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