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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 24 February 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 28
  5. 42
  6. 43

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 2,173 of 2,592 under them

← 2024-02-21All recent draws2024-02-26 →

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 feed13 15 20 28 42 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

77oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 77 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 97% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap44th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 272 of each

13276times
15273times
20259times
28268times
42

Prize breakdown · 2024-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 253kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$39.7Kto 6.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 429%$11.4K
  • Match 312%$4.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker27%$10.7K
  • 3 other tiers32%$12.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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275times
43275times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,172 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 (20, 28, 42, 43) with the draw of 28 October 2023 — its closest relative in 2,172 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2024): 20 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 66th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

13 had not appeared for 14 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 →
$2,200,000
  • Match 54≈ 5.2 by chance$1,071
  • Match 4234≈ 267 by chance$48.80
  • Match 34,740≈ 4.7k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$4,282
  • Match 4 with Kicker55$195
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,072$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈253k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,740 winners, 0% more than the 4.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,200,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$4,282
    Match 54$1,071
    Match 4 with Kicker55$195
    Match 4234$48.80
    Match 3 with Kicker1,072$4.00
    Match 34,740$1.00
    Totals6,106—