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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 19
  6. 43

Jackpot$3,400,000

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 1,503 of 1,911 under them

← 2024-03-18All recent draws2024-03-23 →

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 feed4 7 17 18 19 4329 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 March 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd77th
  • low94th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 184 of each

4172times
7207times
17175times
18192times
19

Prize breakdown · 2024-03-20

  • Lines in play≈ 175kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$56.8Kto 3.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 58.8%$5K
  • Match 469%$39.4K
  • Match 322%$12.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$3,400,000
  2. Match 5

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176times
43178times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,502 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 (4, 17, 18, 19) with the draw of 21 September 2022 — its closest relative in 1,502 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 March 2024): 18 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 18–19. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 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 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1≈ 3.2 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 4197≈ 170 by chance$200
  • Match 33,095≈ 3.1k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈175k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,095 winners, 0% more than the 3.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,400,000
    Match 51$5,000
    Match 4197$200
    Match 33,095$4.00
    Totals3,293—