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Megabucks Plus · draw

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 16
  3. 21
  4. 25
  5. 26
  6. 4

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 668 of 1,885 under them

← 2016-08-27All recent draws2016-09-03 →

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 feed3 16 21 25 26 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd64th
  • low64th
  • widest gap46th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread24th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 81 of each

386times
1670times
2196times
2579times
26

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91times
Stars · a separate 1-of-6 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each

4105times

Every number was expected about that many times after 667 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (3, 16, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 December 2015 — its closest relative in 667 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (17% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

91

The numbers add up to 91 — the 29th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 24 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 2.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

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