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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 19 August 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 16
  3. 19
  4. 23
  5. 38
  6. 46

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 2,249 of 2,591 under them

← 2024-08-17All recent draws2024-08-21 →

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 feed1 16 19 23 38 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum45th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread95th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 281 of each

1285times
16253times
19271times
23289times
38

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-19

  • Lines in play≈ 371kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$52Kto 8.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 43lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$11.1K
  • Match 432%$16.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker23%$12.1K
  • 2 other tiers23%$12K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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288times
46291times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,248 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 (1, 19, 38, 46) with the draw of 17 February 2024 — its closest relative in 2,248 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2024): 16, 23 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 45th 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

46 had not appeared for 17 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 →
$7,800,000
  • Match 515≈ 7.6 by chance$743
  • Match 4388≈ 390 by chance$43.20
  • Match 36,933≈ 6.9k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker70$173
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,272$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈371k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,933 winners, 0% more than the 6.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 515$743
    Match 4 with Kicker70$173
    Match 4388$43.20
    Match 3 with Kicker1,272$4.00
    Match 36,933$1.00
    Totals8,678—