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

Night desk

Thursday, Aug 27, 2026

Last official · Powerball

Powerball

Official 2026-08-26

123245505802

12 32 45 50 58 + 02 Powerball

Last night #1

031659636804

03 16 59 63 68 + 04 Powerball

Frequency before this drawing · 1393 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

031659636804

03 16 59 63 68 + 04 Powerball

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

69 pts · 0.95x crowd · beats 57% of random boards

1 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 3-16 · 3 running hot over the last 30 draws · 3 odd / 2 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

#2

031648596104

03 16 48 59 61 + 04 Powerball

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

68 pts · 0.92x crowd · beats 65% of random boards

1 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 3-16 · 4 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 187 inside the historical middle band · 3 odd / 2 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

#3

031648616304

03 16 48 61 63 + 04 Powerball

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

68 pts · 0.91x crowd · beats 67% of random boards

2 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 3-16 · 3 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 191 inside the historical middle band · 3 odd / 2 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

SKIP Tonight · unique-ticket EV -$1.57 after 37% federal, 0% WA state. Advertised $119M · cash $51.1M · next draw 2026-08-29. Don't buy this as an investment. You are paying about two dollars for a story.
Open the live Ladder for tonight 1393 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 2026-08-25

071047485014

07 10 47 48 50 + 14 Mega Ball

Last night #1

101720465524

10 17 20 46 55 + 24 Mega Ball

Frequency before this drawing · 920 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

101720465524

10 17 20 46 55 + 24 Mega Ball

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

71 pts · 1.06x crowd · beats 33% of random boards

2 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 10-17 · 1 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 148 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

#2

032034465924

03 20 34 46 59 + 24 Mega Ball

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

69 pts · 0.97x crowd · beats 52% of random boards

1 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #9 pair 20-46 · 2 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

#3

101720485524

10 17 20 48 55 + 24 Mega Ball

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

69 pts · 1.10x crowd · beats 27% 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 150 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

SKIP Tonight · unique-ticket EV -$4.62 after 37% federal, 0% WA state. Advertised $145M · cash $61.9M · next draw 2026-08-28. Don't buy this as an investment. You are paying about two dollars for a story.
Open the live Ladder for tonight 920 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 $115,000.00. About $0.14 of the $1 is the cashpot before lower prizes.

Official 2026-08-27

0304153637

03 04 15 36 37

Last night #1

0814152730

08 14 15 27 30

Frequency before this drawing · 190 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

0814152730

08 14 15 27 30

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

76 pts · 0.94x crowd · beats 74% 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 94 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split

#2

0814153031

08 14 15 30 31

1 of 5 whites. Not the winning pick.

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

4 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 8-15 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 98 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split

#3

0814153039

08 14 15 30 39

1 of 5 whites. Not the winning pick.

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

5 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #2 pair 8-15 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 106 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split

Open the live Ladder for tonight 190 official draws sat under last night's ranking. Tonight's #1 is on the live desk, not on this page.

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Lotto

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

Official 2026-08-26

101216223948

10 12 16 22 39 48

Last night #1

101617232837

10 16 17 23 28 37

Frequency before this drawing · 81 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

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

84 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

121720233740

12 17 20 23 37 40

1 of 6 whites. Not the winning pick.

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

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

#3

172023273437

17 20 23 27 34 37

0 of 6 whites. Not the winning pick.

83 pts · 1.04x crowd · beats 26% of random boards

5 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 20-27 · 4 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 158 inside the historical middle band

Open the live Ladder for tonight 81 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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