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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 14 August 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 17
  3. 24
  4. 32
  5. 40
  6. 41

Jackpot$2,550,000

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 1,566 of 1,910 under them

← 2024-08-12All recent draws2024-08-17 →

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 feed12 17 24 32 40 4129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 192 of each

12215times
17184times
24193times
32180times
40

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-14

  • Lines in play≈ 78kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.3Kto 1.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 539%$15K
  • Match 446%$17.8K
  • Match 314%$5.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$2,550,000
  2. Match 5

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179times
41184times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,565 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 (12, 24, 32, 41) with the draw of 25 November 2023 — its closest relative in 1,565 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 79% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 August 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

166

The numbers add up to 166 — the 68th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 9 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 54% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 1.4 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 489≈ 76 by chance$200
  • Match 31,382≈ 1.4k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈78k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,382 winners, 0% more than the 1.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,550,000
    Match 53$5,000
    Match 489$200
    Match 31,382$4.00
    Totals1,474—