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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 11 May 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 26
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 34
  6. 41

Jackpot$500,000

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 1,525 of 1,911 under them

← 2024-05-08All recent draws2024-05-13 →

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 feed20 26 29 30 34 4129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 11 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd20th
  • low5th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread4th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 187 of each

20180times
26208times
29206times
30212times
34

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-11

  • Lines in play≈ 84kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.3Kto 1.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 539%$15K
  • Match 445%$17.4K
  • Match 315%$5.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$500,000
  2. Match 5

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206times
41179times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,524 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 (20, 26, 29, 30) with the draw of 28 August 2013 — its closest relative in 1,524 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 78% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 May 2024): 34 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

180

The numbers add up to 180 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 31 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 45% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 1.6 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 487≈ 81 by chance$200
  • Match 31,484≈ 1.5k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈84k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,484 winners, 0% more than the 1.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$500,000
    Match 53$5,000
    Match 487$200
    Match 31,484$4.00
    Totals1,574—