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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 29 July 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 22
  3. 28
  4. 32
  5. 34
  6. 38

Jackpot$4,600,000

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

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,614 of 2,591 under them

← 2020-07-27All recent draws2020-08-01 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 22 28 32 34 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 July 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd1th
  • low21th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 202 of each

12221times
22203times
28205times
32218times
34

Prize breakdown · 2020-07-29

  • Lines in play≈ 256kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.1Kto 6.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 513%$4.8K
  • Match 433%$12.6K
  • Match 4 with Kicker21%$8.1K
  • 3 other tiers33%$12.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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197times
38211times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,613 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, 22, 32, 38) with the draw of 21 March 2015 — its closest relative in 1,613 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 82% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 July 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

166

The numbers add up to 166 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 16 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,600,000
  • Match 56≈ 5.3 by chance$803
  • Match 4300≈ 269 by chance$42.00
  • Match 34,784≈ 4.8k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$3,214
  • Match 4 with Kicker48$168
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,156$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈256k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,784 winners, 0% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,600,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$3,214
    Match 56$803
    Match 4 with Kicker48$168
    Match 4300$42.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,156$4.00
    Match 34,784$1.00
    Totals6,295—