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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 23 August 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 17
  3. 24
  4. 43
  5. 44
  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 2,094 of 2,591 under them

← 2023-08-21All recent draws2023-08-26 →

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 17 24 43 44 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 67% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap78th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread66th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 262 of each

6261times
17267times
24252times
43258times
44

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-23

  • Lines in play≈ 167kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$27.5Kto 4.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$6.7K
  • Match 5 with Kicker19%$5.2K
  • Match 4 with Kicker31%$8.5K
  • 3 other tiers26%$7.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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250times
45254times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,093 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, 43, 44, 45) with the draw of 24 June 2023 — its closest relative in 2,093 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 August 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

179

The numbers add up to 179 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 43–44, 44–45. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 17 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,800,000
  • Match 51≈ 3.4 by chance$652
  • Match 4151≈ 176 by chance$44.20
  • Match 33,128≈ 3.1k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$2,610
  • Match 4 with Kicker48$177
  • Match 3 with Kicker826$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈167k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,128 winners, 0% more than the 3.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$2,610
    Match 51$652
    Match 4 with Kicker48$177
    Match 4151$44.20
    Match 3 with Kicker826$4.00
    Match 33,128$1.00
    Totals4,156—