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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 1 September 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 17
  3. 23
  4. 30
  5. 42
  6. 46

Jackpot$5,081,520

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 279 of 1,909 under them

← 2012-08-29All recent draws2012-09-05 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed10 17 23 30 42 4629 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 September 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread47th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 34 of each

1041times
1732times
2336times
3043times
42

Prize breakdown · 2012-09-01

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$5.1M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$5,081,520
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$5,081,520

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35times
4631times

Every number was expected about that many times after 278 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (17, 30, 46) with the draw of 15 February 2012 — its closest relative in 278 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 August 2012): 10 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 70th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 18 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

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