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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 16 March 2026

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 12
  3. 15
  4. 23
  5. 28
  6. 31

Jackpot$10,100,000

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 2,495 of 2,592 under them

← 2026-03-14All recent draws2026-03-18 →

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 feed5 12 15 23 28 3129 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 March 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 312 of each

5335times
12335times
15319times
23329times
28

Prize breakdown · 2026-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 622kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$85.5Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 428%$24.4K
  • Match 314%$11.6K
  • Match 4 with Kicker25%$21.8K
  • 3 other tiers32%$27.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance

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310times
31333times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,494 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 (12, 15, 23, 31) with the draw of 30 November 2020 — its closest relative in 2,494 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 March 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 15th 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

31 had not appeared for 42 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 →
$10,000,000
  • Match 519≈ 13 by chance$458
  • Match 4706≈ 654 by chance$34.50
  • Match 311,633≈ 12k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker5$1,832
  • Match 4 with Kicker158$138
  • Match 3 with Kicker2,464$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈622k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 706 winners, 8% more than the 654 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$10,000,000
    Match 5 with Kicker5$1,832
    Match 519$458
    Match 4 with Kicker158$138
    Match 4706$34.50
    Match 3 with Kicker2,464$4.00
    Match 311,633$1.00
    Totals14,985—