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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 38
  6. 47

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 2,172 of 2,592 under them

← 2024-02-19All recent draws2024-02-24 →

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 feed2 8 18 20 38 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 February 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread95th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 271 of each

2248times
8294times
18268times
20258times
38

Prize breakdown · 2024-02-21

  • Lines in play≈ 186kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.7Kto 4.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$6.3K
  • Match 425%$7.5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker30%$8.9K
  • 2 other tiers24%$7.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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281times
47296times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,171 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 (2, 8, 18, 20) with the draw of 16 October 2021 — its closest relative in 2,171 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 February 2024): 18, 38 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 33th 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

8 had not appeared for 23 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,100,000
  • Match 53≈ 3.8 by chance$2,107
  • Match 4215≈ 196 by chance$34.70
  • Match 33,483≈ 3.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker64$139
  • Match 3 with Kicker900$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈186k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,483 winners, 0% more than the 3.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,100,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 53$2,107
    Match 4 with Kicker64$139
    Match 4215$34.70
    Match 3 with Kicker900$4.00
    Match 33,483$1.00
    Totals4,665—