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The Ladder ranks every scanned board against measured history. Same hit odds as Quick Pick.

Night desk

Thursday, Aug 20, 2026

Last official · Powerball

Powerball

Official 2026-08-17

081525496522

08 15 25 49 65 + 22 Powerball

Last night #1

021244506104

02 12 44 50 61 + 04 Powerball

Frequency before this drawing · 1389 official draws. White rings are the official board. Yellow rings are last night's #1. Same hit odds as Quick Pick.
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Powerball

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#1

021244506104

02 12 44 50 61 + 04 Powerball

0 of 5 whites · no Powerball. #1 is the strongest match to history before this drawing. Not the winning pick.

70 pts · 0.94x crowd · beats 59% of random boards

1 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #7 pair 44-50 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 169 inside the historical middle band · a frequently drawn special ball

#2

030644596104

03 06 44 59 61 + 04 Powerball

0 of 5 whites · no Powerball. Not the winning pick.

69 pts · 1.07x crowd · beats 32% of random boards

1 of the top-10 all-time numbers · 4 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 173 inside the historical middle band · 3 odd / 2 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

#3

031641486004

03 16 41 48 60 + 04 Powerball

0 of 5 whites · no Powerball. Not the winning pick.

69 pts · 0.88x crowd · beats 74% of random boards

carries the #6 pair 3-16 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 168 inside the historical middle band · a frequently drawn special ball

SKIP Tonight · unique-ticket EV -$1.62 after 37% federal, 0% WA state. Advertised $68M · cash $29.5M · next draw 2026-08-22. Don't buy this as an investment. You are paying about two dollars for a story.
Open the live Ladder for tonight 1389 official draws sat under last night's ranking. Tonight's #1 is on the live desk, not on this page.

Last official · Mega Millions

Mega Millions

Official 2026-08-18

051930385912

05 19 30 38 59 + 12 Mega Ball

Last night #1

101748515522

10 17 48 51 55 + 22 Mega Ball

Frequency before this drawing · 918 official draws. White rings are the official board. Yellow rings are last night's #1. Same hit odds as Quick Pick.
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Mega Ball

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#1

101748515522

10 17 48 51 55 + 22 Mega Ball

0 of 5 whites · no Mega Ball. #1 is the strongest match to history before this drawing. Not the winning pick.

70 pts · 1.11x crowd · beats 25% of random boards

2 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 10-17 · 3 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 181 inside the historical middle band · a frequently drawn special ball

#2

142226485822

14 22 26 48 58 + 22 Mega Ball

0 of 5 whites · no Mega Ball. Not the winning pick.

70 pts · 0.92x crowd · beats 63% of random boards

1 of the top-10 all-time numbers · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 168 inside the historical middle band · a frequently drawn special ball

#3

101722516622

10 17 22 51 66 + 22 Mega Ball

0 of 5 whites · no Mega Ball. Not the winning pick.

68 pts · 1.12x crowd · beats 23% of random boards

2 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 10-17 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 166 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

SKIP Tonight · unique-ticket EV -$4.64 after 37% federal, 0% WA state. Advertised $113M · cash $48.3M · next draw 2026-08-21. Don't buy this as an investment. You are paying about two dollars for a story.
Open the live Ladder for tonight 918 official draws sat under last night's ranking. Tonight's #1 is on the live desk, not on this page.

Daily 8 p.m. PT

Hit 5

Cashpot $230,000.00. About $0.27 of the $1 is the cashpot before lower prizes.

Official 2026-08-16

0508192841

05 08 19 28 41

Last night #1

1114162739

11 14 16 27 39

Frequency before this drawing · 179 official draws. White rings are the official board. Yellow rings are last night's #1. Same hit odds as Quick Pick.
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#1

1114162739

11 14 16 27 39

0 of 5 whites. #1 is the strongest match to history before this drawing. Not the winning pick.

73 pts · 0.91x crowd · beats 86% of random boards

3 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 11-39 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 107 inside the historical middle band

#2

1114203942

11 14 20 39 42

0 of 5 whites. Not the winning pick.

73 pts · 0.92x crowd · beats 83% of random boards

4 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 11-39 · 1 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 126 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split

#3

0411142739

04 11 14 27 39

0 of 5 whites. Not the winning pick.

72 pts · 0.98x crowd · beats 58% of random boards

4 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 11-39 · 1 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 95 inside the historical middle band

Open the live Ladder for tonight 179 official draws sat under last night's ranking. Tonight's #1 is on the live desk, not on this page.

Mon / Wed / Sat 8 p.m. PT

Lotto

Advertised $1,000,000.00 · cash $500,000.00. About $0.07 of the $1 is the cash jackpot (two boards per dollar).

Official 2026-08-15

011023272849

01 10 23 27 28 49

Last night #1

121720233740

12 17 20 23 37 40

Frequency before this drawing · 76 official draws. White rings are the official board. Yellow rings are last night's #1. Same hit odds as Quick Pick.
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#1

121720233740

12 17 20 23 37 40

1 of 6 whites. #1 is the strongest match to history before this drawing. Not the winning pick.

86 pts · 1.05x crowd · beats 21% of random boards

6 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 23-37 · 3 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 149 inside the historical middle band · 3 odd / 3 even, the modal split

#2

081220232739

08 12 20 23 27 39

2 of 6 whites. Not the winning pick.

84 pts · 1.11x crowd · beats 5% of random boards

5 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 20-27 · 1 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 129 inside the historical middle band · 3 odd / 3 even, the modal split

#3

031217203740

03 12 17 20 37 40

0 of 6 whites. Not the winning pick.

84 pts · 1.03x crowd · beats 30% of random boards

5 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #4 pair 3-17 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 129 inside the historical middle band · 3 odd / 3 even, the modal split

Open the live Ladder for tonight 76 official draws sat under last night's ranking. Tonight's #1 is on the live desk, not on this page.

Live desk

Desk pick

Same hit odds as Quick Pick. The Ladder ranks scanned boards against official draw history. This log is last night versus last night's Ladder. Entertainment, not prediction.

Desk pick is the least-crowded board on the live desk. It is not a forecast and it is not tonight's #1. Open the desk if you already planned to play and want the lonelier mint.

Lottery Lab stays the proof page: models cannot beat Quick Pick. The Ladder ranks the past.

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