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

Night desk

Thursday, Sep 3, 2026

Last official · Powerball

Powerball

Official 2026-09-02

031029586414

03 10 29 58 64 + 14 Powerball

Last night #1

172137445004

17 21 37 44 50 + 04 Powerball

Frequency before this drawing · 1396 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

172137445004

17 21 37 44 50 + 04 Powerball

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

70 pts · 1.05x crowd · beats 35% of random boards

1 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #3 pair 37-44 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 169 inside the historical middle band · 3 odd / 2 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

#2

021261636404

02 12 61 63 64 + 04 Powerball

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

68 pts · 0.89x crowd · beats 73% of random boards

3 of the top-10 all-time numbers · sum 202 inside the historical middle band · a frequently drawn special ball

#3

050917636404

05 09 17 63 64 + 04 Powerball

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

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

2 of the top-10 all-time numbers · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 158 inside the historical middle band · a frequently drawn special ball

SKIP Tonight · unique-ticket EV -$1.52 after 37% federal, 0% WA state. Advertised $173M · cash $75M · next draw 2026-09-05. Don't buy this as an investment. You are paying about two dollars for a story.
Open the live Ladder for tonight 1396 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 2026-09-01

012251616317

01 22 51 61 63 + 17 Mega Ball

Last night #1

101743485124

10 17 43 48 51 + 24 Mega Ball

Frequency before this drawing · 922 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

101743485124

10 17 43 48 51 + 24 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 · 1.08x crowd · beats 30% of random boards

3 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 10-17 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 169 inside the historical middle band · a frequently drawn special ball

#2

203134465924

20 31 34 46 59 + 24 Mega Ball

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

70 pts · 0.73x crowd · beats 96% 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 190 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

#3

101730485124

10 17 30 48 51 + 24 Mega Ball

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

70 pts · 1.21x crowd · beats 13% 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 156 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split · a frequently drawn special ball

SKIP Tonight · unique-ticket EV -$4.58 after 37% federal, 0% WA state. Advertised $177M · cash $76.3M · next draw 2026-09-04. Don't buy this as an investment. You are paying about two dollars for a story.
Open the live Ladder for tonight 922 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 $195,000.00. About $0.23 of the $1 is the cashpot before lower prizes.

Official 2026-09-03

0205072440

02 05 07 24 40

Last night #1

0814153039

08 14 15 30 39

Frequency before this drawing · 197 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

0814153039

08 14 15 30 39

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

75 pts · 0.92x crowd · beats 81% 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 106 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split

#2

0814213031

08 14 21 30 31

0 of 5 whites. Not the winning pick.

75 pts · 1.01x crowd · beats 41% of random boards

4 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #8 pair 30-31 · 5 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 104 inside the historical middle band · 2 odd / 3 even, the modal split

#3

0814152730

08 14 15 27 30

0 of 5 whites. Not the winning pick.

75 pts · 0.94x crowd · beats 72% 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

Open the live Ladder for tonight 197 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 $1,800,000.00 · cash $500,000.00. About $0.07 of the $1 is the cash jackpot (two boards per dollar).

Official 2026-09-02

112430314149

11 24 30 31 41 49

Last night #1

081720232737

08 17 20 23 27 37

Frequency before this drawing · 84 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

081720232737

08 17 20 23 27 37

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

83 pts · 1.12x crowd · beats 2% of random boards

6 of the top-10 all-time numbers · carries the #1 pair 20-27 · 2 running hot over the last 30 draws · sum 132 inside the historical middle band

#2

101617232837

10 16 17 23 28 37

0 of 6 whites. Not the winning pick.

82 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

#3

031723343740

03 17 23 34 37 40

0 of 6 whites. Not the winning pick.

82 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 154 inside the historical middle band

Open the live Ladder for tonight 84 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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