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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 16 August 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 20
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 29
  6. 45

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 2,091 of 2,591 under them

← 2023-08-14All recent draws2023-08-19 →

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 feed17 20 22 23 29 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread18th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 261 of each

17266times
20246times
22257times
23263times
29

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-16

  • Lines in play≈ 157kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$26.7Kto 4.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$5.7K
  • Match 425%$6.6K
  • Match 4 with Kicker31%$8.2K
  • 2 other tiers23%$6.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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233times
45253times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,090 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 (17, 20, 45) with the draw of 15 May 2023 — its closest relative in 2,090 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 August 2023): 29, 45 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

156

The numbers add up to 156 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 16 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,500,000
  • Match 55≈ 3.2 by chance$1,142
  • Match 4161≈ 166 by chance$40.90
  • Match 32,943≈ 2.9k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker50$164
  • Match 3 with Kicker830$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈157k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,943 winners, 0% fewer than the 2.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,500,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 55$1,142
    Match 4 with Kicker50$164
    Match 4161$40.90
    Match 3 with Kicker830$4.00
    Match 32,943$1.00
    Totals3,989—