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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 16 September 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. 19
  4. 34
  5. 39
  6. 40

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 2,261 of 2,592 under them

← 2024-09-14All recent draws2024-09-18 →

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 feed12 13 19 34 39 4029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 September 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum62th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread18th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 283 of each

12307times
13288times
19272times
34279times
39

Prize breakdown · 2024-09-16

  • Lines in play≈ 480kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$65.4Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 43lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$14K
  • Match 430%$19.9K
  • Match 4 with Kicker25%$16.2K
  • 2 other tiers23%$15.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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277times
40278times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,260 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 (12, 19, 34, 40) with the draw of 12 September 2015 — its closest relative in 2,260 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 September 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

157

The numbers add up to 157 — the 61th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13, 39–40. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 12 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 59% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$9,000,000
  • Match 510≈ 9.9 by chance$1,396
  • Match 4476≈ 506 by chance$41.80
  • Match 38,987≈ 9.0k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker97$167
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,590$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈480k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 476 winners, 6% fewer than the 506 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$9,000,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 510$1,396
    Match 4 with Kicker97$167
    Match 4476$41.80
    Match 3 with Kicker1,590$4.00
    Match 38,987$1.00
    Totals11,160—