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Bank a Million · draw

Saturday, 21 August 2021

ResultBank a Million

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 20
  3. 24
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 31
  7. 21

Jackpot$1,000,000

The crowdHeld 9% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015draw 624 of 1,165 under them

← 2021-08-18All recent draws2021-08-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed16 20 24 27 28 31 + 2129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 August 2021 — 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.

  • sum80th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap0th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 93 of each

1679times
2097times
2496times
2793times
28

Prize breakdown · 2021-08-21

  • Lines in play≈ 207kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$113.7Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 3 plus Bonus21%$23.4K
  • Match 2 plus Bonus31%$35.2K
  • Match 319%$21.4K
  • 3 other tiers30%$33.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance

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87times
3187times

Every number was expected about that many times after 623 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 (16, 20, 27, 28) with the draw of 14 March 2018 — its closest relative in 623 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 August 2021): 16 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 38 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus0≈ 0.32 by chance$20,000
  • Match 54≈ 11 by chance$2,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus21≈ 27 by chance$400
  • Match 4431≈ 426 by chance$40.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus586≈ 568 by chance$40.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus4,403≈ 4.4k by chance$8.00
  • Match 35,355≈ 5.9k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈207k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,355 winners, 9% fewer than the 5.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus0$20,000
    Match 54$2,000
    Match 4 plus Bonus21$400
    Match 4431$40.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus586$40.00
    Match 35,355$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus4,403$8.00
    Totals10,800—