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Megabucks Plus · draw

Saturday, 22 August 2026

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 8
  4. 14
  5. 38
  6. 2

Jackpot$1,300,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 1,862 of 1,885 under them

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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 feed2 5 8 14 38 + 26 Oct 2026, 02:41 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd9th
  • low89th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 227 of each

2249times
5217times
8229times
14222times
38

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245times
Stars · a separate 1-of-6 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 310 of each

2321times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,861 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 (2, 14, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 August 2025 — its closest relative in 1,861 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2026): 8 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (17% expected).

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Sum and shape

67

The numbers add up to 67 — the 6th 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

2 had not appeared for 18 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

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