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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 27
  3. 33
  4. 40
  5. 42
  6. 48

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 2,277 of 2,592 under them

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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 feed17 27 33 40 42 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 October 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 24% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 285 of each

17288times
27266times
33297times
40281times
42

Prize breakdown · 2024-10-23

  • Lines in play≈ 188kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.5Kto 4.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 429%$8.6K
  • Match 5 with Kicker12%$3.6K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$7.7K
  • 3 other tiers33%$9.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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286times
48264times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,276 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 (17, 27, 40, 42) with the draw of 5 September 2022 — its closest relative in 2,276 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 October 2024): 48 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

207

The numbers add up to 207 — the 97th 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

17 had not appeared for 29 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 63% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,000,000
  • Match 56≈ 3.9 by chance$448
  • Match 4193≈ 198 by chance$44.50
  • Match 33,515≈ 3.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$1,792
  • Match 4 with Kicker43$178
  • Match 3 with Kicker876$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈188k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,515 winners, 0% more than the 3.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,000,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$1,792
    Match 56$448
    Match 4 with Kicker43$178
    Match 4193$44.50
    Match 3 with Kicker876$4.00
    Match 33,515$1.00
    Totals4,635—