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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 8 May 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 16
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 36
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,400,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 1,158 of 1,728 under them

← 2021-05-05All recent draws2021-05-12 →

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 feed14 16 21 22 36 4229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd5th
  • low77th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 142 of each

14128times
16157times
21147times
22156times
36

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131times
42149times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,157 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (14, 16, 22, 42) with the draw of 26 February 2020 — its closest relative in 1,157 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 May 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 19 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 48% of the jackpot.

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

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