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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 26 February 2025

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 19
  5. 22
  6. 31

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 2,331 of 2,592 under them

← 2025-02-24All recent draws2025-03-01 →

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 feed8 15 16 19 22 3129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 February 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd50th
  • low95th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 291 of each

8312times
15298times
16269times
19282times
22

Prize breakdown · 2025-02-26

  • Lines in play≈ 218kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$33.3Kto 5.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$6.9K
  • Match 428%$9.2K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$8.8K
  • 2 other tiers25%$8.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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288times
31315times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,330 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 (15, 16, 22, 31) with the draw of 25 September 2024 — its closest relative in 2,330 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 February 2025): 16, 31 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 13th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,700,000
  • Match 56≈ 4.5 by chance$1,157
  • Match 4260≈ 230 by chance$35.30
  • Match 34,082≈ 4.1k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker62$141
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,093$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈218k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,082 winners, 0% more than the 4.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,700,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 56$1,157
    Match 4 with Kicker62$141
    Match 4260$35.30
    Match 3 with Kicker1,093$4.00
    Match 34,082$1.00
    Totals5,503—