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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 29 February 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 21
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 38
  6. 42

Jackpot$5,200,000

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

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,549 of 2,591 under them

← 2020-02-26All recent draws2020-03-02 →

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 feed16 21 28 30 38 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 February 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 194 of each

16168times
21204times
28198times
30180times
38

Prize breakdown · 2020-02-29

  • Lines in play≈ 365kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$47.7Kto 2.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 187lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 518%$8.7K
  • Match 432%$15.4K
  • Match 4 with Kicker31%$14.9K
  • 2 other tiers18%$8.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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198times
42196times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,548 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 (16, 21, 30) with the draw of 16 November 2019 — its closest relative in 1,548 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 February 2020): 30 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

175

The numbers add up to 175 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 15 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,200,000
  • Match 512≈ 7.5 by chance$726
  • Match 4384≈ 384 by chance$40.00
  • Match 30≈ 6.8k by chanceno winners
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$2,906
  • Match 4 with Kicker94$158
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,462$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈365k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 6.8k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,200,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$2,906
    Match 512$726
    Match 4 with Kicker94$158
    Match 4384$40.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,462$4.00
    Match 30$0.00