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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 20 February 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 15
  4. 16
  5. 23
  6. 35

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 614 of 1,728 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, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 12 15 16 23 3529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd48th
  • low94th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread33th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 75 of each

278times
1276times
1565times
1699times
23

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75times
3581times

Every number was expected about that many times after 613 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 6 numbers (16, 23, 35) with the draw of 10 December 2014 — its closest relative in 613 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 February 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 13 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

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