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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 27 February 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 15
  4. 17
  5. 23
  6. 24

Jackpot$2,400,000

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 1,705 of 2,592 under them

← 2021-02-24All recent draws2021-03-01 →

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 feed2 6 15 17 23 2429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 February 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd50th
  • low99th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread6th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 213 of each

2202times
6202times
15216times
17224times
23

Prize breakdown · 2021-02-27

  • Lines in play≈ 271kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.7Kto 6.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 423%$9.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker31%$12.8K
  • Match 3 with Kicker13%$5.3K
  • 3 other tiers33%$13.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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220times
24211times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,704 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 4 of 6 numbers (2, 6, 23, 24) with the draw of 24 October 2012 — its closest relative in 1,704 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 February 2021): 23 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

87

The numbers add up to 87 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 5 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 2.7× 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 →
$2,400,000
  • Match 56≈ 5.6 by chance$876
  • Match 4287≈ 285 by chance$34.10
  • Match 35,073≈ 5.1k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$3,504
  • Match 4 with Kicker94$136
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,319$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈271k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,073 winners, 0% more than the 5.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,400,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$3,504
    Match 56$876
    Match 4 with Kicker94$136
    Match 4287$34.10
    Match 3 with Kicker1,319$4.00
    Match 35,073$1.00
    Totals6,780—