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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 25 September 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 22
  5. 31
  6. 45

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 2,265 of 2,592 under them

← 2024-09-23All recent draws2024-09-28 →

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 feed9 15 16 22 31 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 September 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap44th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 283 of each

9283times
15289times
16258times
22280times
31

Prize breakdown · 2024-09-25

  • Lines in play≈ 535kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$73.1Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 43lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 431%$22.8K
  • Match 314%$10K
  • Match 4 with Kicker24%$17.4K
  • 3 other tiers31%$22.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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301times
45276times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,264 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 (15, 16, 31, 45) with the draw of 14 January 2019 — its closest relative in 2,264 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 September 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 39th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 15 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 29% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$9,400,000
  • Match 518≈ 11 by chance$519
  • Match 4599≈ 563 by chance$38.10
  • Match 310,016≈ 10k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker3$2,076
  • Match 4 with Kicker114$152
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,836$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈535k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 599 winners, 6% more than the 563 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$9,400,000
    Match 5 with Kicker3$2,076
    Match 518$519
    Match 4 with Kicker114$152
    Match 4599$38.10
    Match 3 with Kicker1,836$4.00
    Match 310,016$1.00
    Totals12,586—