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Megabucks Plus · draw

Saturday, 6 January 2024

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 17
  3. 25
  4. 36
  5. 38
  6. 3

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 1,451 of 1,886 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, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 17 25 36 38 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum81th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread36th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 177 of each

12176times
17183times
25176times
36150times
38

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194times
Stars · a separate 1-of-6 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 242 of each

3229times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,450 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 5 numbers (17, 25, 36, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 November 2013 — its closest relative in 1,450 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 30% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2024): 12 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (17% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. No two numbers side by side. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 28 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

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