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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 9 March 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 18
  3. 29
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 49

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 1,454 of 1,728 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, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed15 18 29 42 43 4929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 March 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd77th
  • low20th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 178 of each

15160times
18170times
29184times
42184times
43

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206times
49187times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,453 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 6 numbers (18, 29, 42, 43) with the draw of 29 June 2022 — its closest relative in 1,453 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 March 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

196

The numbers add up to 196 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

15 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.

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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 58% of the jackpot.

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

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