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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 8 August 2026

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 28
  5. 30
  6. 48

Jackpot$1,500,000

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 2,557 of 2,587 under them

← 2026-08-05All recent draws2026-08-10 →

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 18 21 28 30 4818 Oct 2026, 10:20 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 320 of each

5347times
18326times
21331times
28320times
30

Prize breakdown · 2026-08-08

  • Lines in play≈ 225kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$42.5Kto 6.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 37lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 421%$8.9K
  • Match 5 with Kicker17%$7.2K
  • Match 4 with Kicker34%$14.3K
  • 3 other tiers28%$12K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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289times
48302times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,556 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 (18, 21, 30, 48) with the draw of 10 August 2024 — its closest relative in 2,556 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 August 2026): 48 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

150

The numbers add up to 150 — the 53th 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

30 had not appeared for 28 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 31% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,500,000
  • Match 52≈ 4.6 by chance$901
  • Match 4262≈ 236 by chance$34.10
  • Match 34,201≈ 4.2k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$3,603
  • Match 4 with Kicker105$136
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,509$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈225k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,201 winners, 0% more than the 4.2k 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 Kicker2$3,603
    Match 52$901
    Match 4 with Kicker105$136
    Match 4262$34.10
    Match 3 with Kicker1,509$4.00
    Match 34,201$1.00
    Totals6,081—