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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 19
  3. 21
  4. 31
  5. 35
  6. 43

Jackpot$2,600,000

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 1,737 of 2,592 under them

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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 feed6 19 21 31 35 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 217 of each

6207times
19207times
21220times
31229times
35

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-12

  • Lines in play≈ 197kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$31.8Kto 4.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 427%$8.5K
  • Match 5 with Kicker14%$4.5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker28%$8.9K
  • 3 other tiers31%$9.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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215times
43217times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,736 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 (6, 21, 31, 43) with the draw of 22 January 2018 — its closest relative in 1,736 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 May 2021): 35 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

155

The numbers add up to 155 — the 59th 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

31 had not appeared for 23 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,600,000
  • Match 52≈ 4.1 by chance$1,126
  • Match 4211≈ 208 by chance$40.50
  • Match 33,692≈ 3.7k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$4,503
  • Match 4 with Kicker55$162
  • Match 3 with Kicker972$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈197k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,692 winners, 0% more than the 3.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,600,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$4,503
    Match 52$1,126
    Match 4 with Kicker55$162
    Match 4211$40.50
    Match 3 with Kicker972$4.00
    Match 33,692$1.00
    Totals4,933—