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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 9 October 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 22
  5. 27
  6. 29

Jackpot$1,600,000

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 1,590 of 1,911 under them

← 2024-10-07All recent draws2024-10-12 →

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 feed8 15 17 22 27 2929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 October 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread4th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 195 of each

8172times
15194times
17189times
22176times
27

Prize breakdown · 2024-10-09

  • Lines in play≈ 131kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$59.3Kto 2.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 525%$15K
  • Match 459%$35K
  • Match 316%$9.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$1,600,000
  2. Match 5

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196times
29218times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,589 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 4 of 6 numbers (8, 22, 27, 29) with the draw of 6 September 2023 — its closest relative in 1,589 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 79% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 October 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 28 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 2.4 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 4175≈ 127 by chance$200
  • Match 32,314≈ 2.3k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈131k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,314 winners, 0% more than the 2.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,600,000
    Match 53$5,000
    Match 4175$200
    Match 32,314$4.00
    Totals2,492—