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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
Mega Millions · draw
ResultMega Millions
Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at
Rules5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005draw 186 of 324 under them
SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:47 UTC.
Mega Millions was a 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 185 draws before it — not against today’s pool.
This draw, read by every tool
What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2004 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 185 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 →Shares 2 of 5 numbers (6, 49) with the draw of 6 February 2004 — its closest relative in 185 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (20 February 2004): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 161 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →11 had not appeared for 28 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 13% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →| Match | Winners | Prize each |
|---|---|---|
| Match 0 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | $2.00 |
| Match 1 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | $3.00 |
| Match 2 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | $10.00 |
| Match 3 | 0 | $7.00 |
| Match 3 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | $150 |
| Match 4 | 0 | $150 |
| Match 4 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | $10,000 |
| Match 5 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Match 5 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | — |