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

Night desk

Sunday, Aug 23, 2026

Last official · Powerball

Powerball

Official 2026-08-22

133154576523

13 31 54 57 65 + 23 Powerball

Last night #1

031648536004

03 16 48 53 60 + 04 Powerball

Frequency before this drawing · 1391 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

031648536004

03 16 48 53 60 + 04 Powerball

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

72 pts · 0.87x crowd · beats 75% of random boards

carries the #6 pair 3-16 · 3 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 180 inside the historical middle band · a frequently drawn special ball

#2

272837445004

27 28 37 44 50 + 04 Powerball

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

69 pts · 1.00x crowd · beats 45% of random boards

2 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 37-44 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 186 inside the historical middle band · a frequently drawn special ball

#3

192137444504

19 21 37 44 45 + 04 Powerball

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

69 pts · 1.13x crowd · beats 21% of random boards

1 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 37-44 · 1 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 166 inside the historical middle band · a frequently drawn special ball

SKIP Tonight · unique-ticket EV -$1.61 after 37% federal, 0% WA state. Advertised $81M · cash $34.8M · next draw 2026-08-24. Don't buy this as an investment. You are paying about two dollars for a story.
Open the live Ladder for tonight 1391 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 2026-08-21

012534485724

01 25 34 48 57 + 24 Mega Ball

Last night #1

101720485422

10 17 20 48 54 + 22 Mega Ball

Frequency before this drawing · 919 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

101720485422

10 17 20 48 54 + 22 Mega Ball

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

70 pts · 1.02x crowd · beats 40% 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 149 inside the historical middle band · a frequently drawn special ball

#2

101726505122

10 17 26 50 51 + 22 Mega Ball

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

69 pts · 1.18x crowd · beats 16% 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 154 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

#3

172026485122

17 20 26 48 51 + 22 Mega Ball

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

69 pts · 1.01x crowd · beats 43% of random boards

1 of the top-10 all-time numbers · 4 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 162 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

SKIP Tonight · unique-ticket EV -$4.63 after 37% federal, 0% WA state. Advertised $130M · cash $55.5M · next draw 2026-08-25. Don't buy this as an investment. You are paying about two dollars for a story.
Open the live Ladder for tonight 919 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 $135,000.00. About $0.16 of the $1 is the cashpot before lower prizes.

Official 2026-08-23

2021333638

20 21 33 36 38

Last night #1

0814152839

08 14 15 28 39

Frequency before this drawing · 186 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

0814152839

08 14 15 28 39

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

78 pts · 0.96x crowd · beats 65% of random boards

4 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 8-15 · 3 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 104 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split

#2

0814152728

08 14 15 27 28

0 of 5 whites. Not the winning pick.

77 pts · 0.99x crowd · beats 52% of random boards

4 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 8-15 · 3 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 92 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split

#3

0814152039

08 14 15 20 39

1 of 5 whites. Not the winning pick.

77 pts · 0.98x crowd · beats 56% of random boards

5 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 8-15 · 3 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 96 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split

Open the live Ladder for tonight 186 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 $1,300,000.00 · cash $500,000.00. About $0.07 of the $1 is the cash jackpot (two boards per dollar).

Official 2026-08-22

070815252734

07 08 15 25 27 34

Last night #1

101617232837

10 16 17 23 28 37

Frequency before this drawing · 79 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

101617232837

10 16 17 23 28 37

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

86 pts · 1.10x crowd · beats 5% 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 131 inside the historical middle band · 3 odd / 3 even, the modal split

#2

051720233744

05 17 20 23 37 44

0 of 6 whites. Not the winning pick.

86 pts · 1.06x crowd · beats 17% 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 146 inside the historical middle band

#3

031217233740

03 12 17 23 37 40

0 of 6 whites. Not the winning pick.

85 pts · 1.07x crowd · beats 12% of random boards

5 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 23-37 · 3 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 132 inside the historical middle band

Open the live Ladder for tonight 79 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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