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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 17 August 2026

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 18
  4. 26
  5. 29
  6. 36

Jackpot$1,900,000

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 2,561 of 2,587 under them

← 2026-08-15All recent draws2026-08-19 →

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 3 18 26 29 3618 Oct 2026, 10:20 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

77oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 77 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 97% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread45th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 320 of each

1319times
3319times
18328times
26306times
29

Prize breakdown · 2026-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 163kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.1Kto 4.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 37lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$6.1K
  • Match 425%$7.4K
  • Match 4 with Kicker29%$8.4K
  • 2 other tiers25%$7.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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294times
36307times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,560 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 (3, 18, 26, 29) with the draw of 13 May 2024 — its closest relative in 2,560 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2026): 18 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — 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

3 had not appeared for 23 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≈ 3.3 by chance$1,221
  • Match 4197≈ 171 by chance$37.60
  • Match 33,047≈ 3.0k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker56$150
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,039$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈163k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,047 winners, 0% more than the 3.0k 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$1,221
    Match 4 with Kicker56$150
    Match 4197$37.60
    Match 3 with Kicker1,039$4.00
    Match 33,047$1.00
    Totals4,344—