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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 8 July 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 23
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 40
  6. 42

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 2,231 of 2,591 under them

← 2024-07-06All recent draws2024-07-10 →

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 feed20 23 26 29 40 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 July 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread6th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 279 of each

20268times
23282times
26268times
29248times
40

Prize breakdown · 2024-07-08

  • Lines in play≈ 287kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$42.9Kto 6.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$9.2K
  • Match 428%$11.9K
  • Match 4 with Kicker28%$11.8K
  • 2 other tiers23%$10.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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275times
42280times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,230 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, 26, 29, 40) with the draw of 15 June 2024 — its closest relative in 2,230 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 July 2024): 23, 26 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

180

The numbers add up to 180 — the 84th 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

20 had not appeared for 10 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,000,000
  • Match 51≈ 5.9 by chance$9,162
  • Match 4298≈ 302 by chance$39.90
  • Match 35,373≈ 5.4k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker74$160
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,177$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈287k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,373 winners, 0% more than the 5.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,000,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 51$9,162
    Match 4 with Kicker74$160
    Match 4298$39.90
    Match 3 with Kicker1,177$4.00
    Match 35,373$1.00
    Totals6,923—