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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 16 August 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 19
  2. 21
  3. 36
  4. 39
  5. 45
  6. 48

Jackpot$1,800,000

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 1,778 of 2,591 under them

← 2021-08-14All recent draws2021-08-18 →

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 feed19 21 36 39 45 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread21th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 222 of each

19220times
21228times
36203times
39222times
45

Prize breakdown · 2021-08-16

  • Lines in play≈ 144kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$24Kto 3.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 426%$6.1K
  • Match 5 with Kicker14%$3.5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker30%$7.3K
  • 3 other tiers30%$7.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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214times
48212times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,777 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 (19, 21, 36, 45) with the draw of 2 August 2021 — its closest relative in 1,777 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 85% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 August 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

208

The numbers add up to 208 — the 97th 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

39 had not appeared for 37 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 65% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,800,000
  • Match 52≈ 3.0 by chance$867
  • Match 4138≈ 152 by chance$44.50
  • Match 32,702≈ 2.7k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$3,468
  • Match 4 with Kicker41$178
  • Match 3 with Kicker666$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈144k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,702 winners, 0% more than the 2.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$3,468
    Match 52$867
    Match 4 with Kicker41$178
    Match 4138$44.50
    Match 3 with Kicker666$4.00
    Match 32,702$1.00
    Totals3,550—