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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 13 May 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 14
  3. 18
  4. 26
  5. 28
  6. 29

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 2,207 of 2,592 under them

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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 14 18 26 28 2929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 13 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum19th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 276 of each

3280times
14275times
18274times
26263times
28

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-13

  • Lines in play≈ 214kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$33.6Kto 5.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 515%$4.9K
  • Match 429%$9.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$8.6K
  • 3 other tiers31%$10.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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271times
29243times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,206 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 (3, 18, 28, 29) with the draw of 19 September 2022 — its closest relative in 2,206 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 2024): 18 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 29 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,600,000
  • Match 59≈ 4.4 by chance$543
  • Match 4229≈ 225 by chance$42.30
  • Match 34,004≈ 4.0k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$2,173
  • Match 4 with Kicker51$169
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,059$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈214k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,004 winners, 0% more than the 4.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,600,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$2,173
    Match 59$543
    Match 4 with Kicker51$169
    Match 4229$42.30
    Match 3 with Kicker1,059$4.00
    Match 34,004$1.00
    Totals5,353—