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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 18 March 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 16
  5. 18
  6. 23

Jackpot$3,350,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,502 of 1,910 under them

← 2024-03-16All recent draws2024-03-20 →

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 10 11 16 18 2329 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 March 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd48th
  • low99th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread2th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 184 of each

5186times
10182times
11192times
16180times
18

Prize breakdown · 2024-03-18

  • Lines in play≈ 196kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$91.7Kto 3.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 527%$25K
  • Match 458%$52.8K
  • Match 315%$13.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$3,350,000
  2. Match 5

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191times
23202times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,501 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 4 of 6 numbers (10, 11, 16, 18) with the draw of 29 October 2011 — its closest relative in 1,501 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 March 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

83

The numbers add up to 83 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 10–11. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 11 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 3.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 3.6 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 4264≈ 190 by chance$200
  • Match 33,466≈ 3.5k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈196k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,466 winners, 0% more than the 3.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,350,000
    Match 55$5,000
    Match 4264$200
    Match 33,466$4.00
    Totals3,735—