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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 2 October 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 43
  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 2,268 of 2,591 under them

← 2024-09-30All recent draws2024-10-05 →

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 feed6 11 16 20 43 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 October 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum43th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread66th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 283 of each

6286times
11286times
16259times
20272times
43

Prize breakdown · 2024-10-02

  • Lines in play≈ 167kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$27Kto 4.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 432%$8.7K
  • Match 5 with Kicker16%$4.3K
  • Match 4 with Kicker23%$6.2K
  • 3 other tiers29%$7.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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283times
45277times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,267 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 (6, 11, 20, 45) with the draw of 25 April 2020 — its closest relative in 2,267 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 September 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 42th 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

43 had not appeared for 31 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,100,000
  • Match 54≈ 3.4 by chance$361
  • Match 4184≈ 175 by chance$47.20
  • Match 33,117≈ 3.1k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker3$1,442
  • Match 4 with Kicker33$189
  • Match 3 with Kicker805$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈167k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,117 winners, 0% more than the 3.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,100,000
    Match 5 with Kicker3$1,442
    Match 54$361
    Match 4 with Kicker33$189
    Match 4184$47.20
    Match 3 with Kicker805$4.00
    Match 33,117$1.00
    Totals4,146—