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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 1 January 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 11
  3. 14
  4. 21
  5. 29
  6. 41

Jackpot$600,000

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 1,469 of 1,910 under them

← 2023-12-30All recent draws2024-01-03 →

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 feed3 11 14 21 29 4129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread57th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 180 of each

3200times
11187times
14154times
21152times
29

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-01

  • Lines in play≈ 115kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$56.3Kto 2.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 536%$20K
  • Match 450%$28.2K
  • Match 314%$8.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$600,000
  2. Match 5

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199times
41173times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,468 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 (3, 11, 14, 41) with the draw of 15 January 2011 — its closest relative in 1,468 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2023): 11 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 12 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 30% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
4≈ 2.1 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 4141≈ 111 by chance$200
  • Match 32,028≈ 2.0k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈115k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,028 winners, 0% more than the 2.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$600,000
    Match 54$5,000
    Match 4141$200
    Match 32,028$4.00
    Totals2,173—