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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 9
  3. 14
  4. 28
  5. 30
  6. 44

Jackpot$584,459

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 288 of 1,909 under them

← 2012-09-29All recent draws2012-10-06 →

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 feed5 9 14 28 30 4429 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 October 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

533times
937times
1429times
2838times
30

Prize breakdown · 2012-10-03

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$584.5K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60$584,459
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$584,459

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48times
4431times

Every number was expected about that many times after 287 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (9, 30, 44) with the draw of 1 August 2012 — its closest relative in 287 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 September 2012): 9 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 27th 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

14 had not appeared for 22 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 28% of the jackpot.

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

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