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Megabucks Plus · draw

Wednesday, 17 August 2022

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 13
  3. 32
  4. 36
  5. 41
  6. 4

Jackpot$1,675,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 1,290 of 1,885 under them

← 2022-08-13All recent draws2022-08-20 →

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 feed5 13 32 36 41 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd64th
  • low32th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 157 of each

5148times
13160times
32155times
36131times
41

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144times
Stars · a separate 1-of-6 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 215 of each

4226times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,289 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 (5, 32, 36) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 July 2019 — its closest relative in 1,289 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 August 2022): 32 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (17% expected).

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Sum and shape

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. No two numbers side by side. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 27 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less 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.

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