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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 26
  2. 34
  3. 37
  4. 38
  5. 39
  6. 40

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 1,471 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 feed26 34 37 38 39 4029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

10oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 10 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd20th
  • low0th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread0th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 180 of each

26176times
34169times
37160times
38181times
39

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182times
40197times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,470 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 (34, 38, 39, 40) with the draw of 15 March 2023 — its closest relative in 1,470 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 May 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

214

The numbers add up to 214 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38, 38–39, 39–40. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 18 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 54% of the jackpot.

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

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