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

Recap Last night vs The Ladder

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Recap

Recap for 2026-08-20. Latest recap

Same hit odds as Quick Pick. The Ladder ranks scanned boards against official draw history. This page is last night's official results against the Ladder that was live before those numbers landed. Entertainment, not prediction. Rank #1 is the strongest match to the past, never the winning pick.

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 $100,000.00. About $0.12 of the $1 is the cashpot before lower prizes.

Official 2026-08-19

0208141734

02 08 14 17 34

Last night #1

1114222739

11 14 22 27 39

Frequency before this drawing · 182 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

1114222739

11 14 22 27 39

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

73 pts · 0.95x crowd · beats 68% of random boards

3 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 11-39 · 1 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 113 inside the historical middle band

#2

1114202739

11 14 20 27 39

1 of 5 whites. Not the winning pick.

72 pts · 0.94x crowd · beats 73% 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 111 inside the historical middle band

#3

1114162239

11 14 16 22 39

1 of 5 whites. Not the winning pick.

72 pts · 0.94x crowd · beats 75% of random boards

2 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 11-39 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 102 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split

Open the live Ladder for tonight 182 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 $1,200,000.00 · cash $500,000.00. About $0.07 of the $1 is the cash jackpot (two boards per dollar).

Official 2026-08-19

051517343549

05 15 17 34 35 49

Last night #1

121720233740

12 17 20 23 37 40

Frequency before this drawing · 78 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.

87 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

121720233744

12 17 20 23 37 44

1 of 6 whites. Not the winning pick.

86 pts · 1.02x crowd · beats 38% of random boards

5 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 23-37 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 153 inside the historical middle band · 3 odd / 3 even, the modal split

#3

101723283744

10 17 23 28 37 44

1 of 6 whites. Not the winning pick.

86 pts · 1.06x crowd · beats 16% of random boards

4 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 23-37 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 159 inside the historical middle band · 3 odd / 3 even, the modal split

Open the live Ladder for tonight 78 official draws sat under last night's ranking. Tonight's #1 is on the live desk, not on this page.

Live desk

Desk pick

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.

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