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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 29 April 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 16
  4. 19
  5. 20
  6. 27

Jackpot$5,300,000

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 1,520 of 1,910 under them

← 2024-04-27All recent draws2024-05-01 →

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 feed2 6 16 19 20 2729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 April 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd20th
  • low94th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread9th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 186 of each

2181times
6190times
16181times
19180times
20

Prize breakdown · 2024-04-29

  • Lines in play≈ 156kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$65.4Kto 3.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 523%$15K
  • Match 460%$39.4K
  • Match 317%$11K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$5,300,000
  2. Match 5

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179times
27188times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,519 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 (6, 19, 20) with the draw of 13 December 2023 — its closest relative in 1,519 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 April 2024): 27 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 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 2.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 2.9 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 4197≈ 151 by chance$200
  • Match 32,760≈ 2.8k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈156k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,760 winners, 0% more than the 2.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,300,000
    Match 53$5,000
    Match 4197$200
    Match 32,760$4.00
    Totals2,960—