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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 4 October 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 28
  5. 37
  6. 40

Jackpot$11,200,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,436 of 1,910 under them

← 2023-09-30All recent draws2023-10-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed6 12 13 28 37 4029 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 October 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 94% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 176 of each

6178times
12189times
13194times
28174times
37

Prize breakdown · 2023-10-04

  • Lines in play≈ 273kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$40.4Kto 5.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$5K
  • Match 464%$25.8K
  • Match 324%$9.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$11,200,000
  2. Match 5

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180times
40162times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,435 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, 12, 13, 37) with the draw of 22 September 2021 — its closest relative in 1,435 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 September 2023): 6, 12, 13 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 33th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 10 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 49% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2≈ 5.0 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4258≈ 265 by chance$100
  • Match 34,823≈ 4.8k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈273k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,823 winners, 0% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$11,200,000
    Match 52$2,500
    Match 4258$100
    Match 34,823$2.00
    Totals5,083—