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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 3 August 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 12
  5. 14
  6. 19

Jackpot$2,450,000

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 1,561 of 1,903 under them

← 2024-07-31All recent draws2024-08-05 →

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 feed4 8 9 12 14 1929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

17oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 17 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd20th
  • low99th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 191 of each

4179times
8166times
9181times
12214times
14

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-03

  • Lines in play≈ 240kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$148.2Kto 4.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 52lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 537%$55.0K
  • Match 451%$76.2K
  • Match 311%$17.0K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$2,450,000
  2. Match 5

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168times
19189times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,560 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, 12, 14) with the draw of 24 July 2024 — its closest relative in 1,560 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 July 2024): 12, 19 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

66

The numbers add up to 66 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 14 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 4.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
11≈ 4.4 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 4381≈ 233 by chance$200
  • Match 34,241≈ 4.2k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈240k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,241 winners, 0% more than the 4.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,450,000
    Match 511$5,000
    Match 4381$200
    Match 34,241$4.00
    Totals4,633—