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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 24 August 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 8
  4. 23
  5. 29
  6. 39

Jackpot$5,100,000

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 1,938 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-08-22All recent draws2022-08-27 →

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 feed3 4 8 23 29 3929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 242 of each

3245times
4242times
8273times
23245times
29

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-24

  • Lines in play≈ 282kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.7Kto 6.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 427%$11.1K
  • Match 5 with Kicker17%$7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker27%$11.5K
  • 3 other tiers29%$12.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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210times
39237times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,937 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 (3, 4, 23, 29) with the draw of 8 June 2011 — its closest relative in 1,937 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 27 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 23% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,100,000
  • Match 52≈ 5.8 by chance$873
  • Match 4303≈ 296 by chance$36.70
  • Match 35,271≈ 5.3k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$3,492
  • Match 4 with Kicker78$147
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,283$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈282k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,271 winners, 0% more than the 5.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,100,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$3,492
    Match 52$873
    Match 4 with Kicker78$147
    Match 4303$36.70
    Match 3 with Kicker1,283$4.00
    Match 35,271$1.00
    Totals6,939—