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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 26 August 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 30
  6. 38

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 2,095 of 2,591 under them

← 2023-08-23All recent draws2023-08-28 →

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 feed1 4 17 20 30 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 262 of each

1270times
4267times
17268times
20247times
30

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 235kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$36Kto 5.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$7.6K
  • Match 428%$10.2K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$9.5K
  • 2 other tiers24%$8.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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244times
38269times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,094 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 (4, 17, 20, 38) with the draw of 19 May 2012 — its closest relative in 2,094 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 August 2023): 17 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 12th 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

38 had not appeared for 29 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 27% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,900,000
  • Match 55≈ 4.8 by chance$1,524
  • Match 4250≈ 248 by chance$40.90
  • Match 34,404≈ 4.4k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker58$164
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,070$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈235k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,404 winners, 0% more than the 4.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,900,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 55$1,524
    Match 4 with Kicker58$164
    Match 4250$40.90
    Match 3 with Kicker1,070$4.00
    Match 34,404$1.00
    Totals5,787—