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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 6 January 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 12
  3. 30
  4. 38
  5. 41
  6. 43

Jackpot$700,000

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 1,471 of 1,910 under them

← 2024-01-03All recent draws2024-01-08 →

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 feed5 12 30 38 41 4329 Aug 2026, 09:31 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.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread57th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 180 of each

5180times
12194times
30203times
38183times
41

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 110kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$26.3Kto 2.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 471%$18.6K
  • Match 329%$7.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$700,000
  2. Match 50

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174times
43173times

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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (5, 12, 38, 41) with the draw of 6 November 2021 — 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 (3 January 2024): 43 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

169

The numbers add up to 169 — the 71th 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

30 had not appeared for 11 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 51% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
≈ 2.0 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 493≈ 106 by chance$200
  • Match 31,934≈ 1.9k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈110k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,934 winners, 0% more than the 1.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$700,000
    Match 50$5,000
    Match 493$200
    Match 31,934$4.00
    Totals2,027—