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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 21 May 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 23
  3. 30
  4. 35
  5. 38
  6. 42

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 640 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 23 30 35 38 4229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 78 of each

285times
2379times
3085times
3586times
38

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79times
4273times

Every number was expected about that many times after 639 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 (35, 38, 42) with the draw of 12 March 2016 — its closest relative in 639 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 May 2016): 30 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

170

The numbers add up to 170 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 15 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 54% of the jackpot.

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

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