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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 7 September 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 28
  5. 31
  6. 42

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 1,576 of 1,911 under them

← 2024-09-04All recent draws2024-09-09 →

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 feed8 9 10 28 31 4229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 September 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 193 of each

8171times
9185times
10193times
28192times
31

Prize breakdown · 2024-09-07

  • Lines in play≈ 136kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$61Kto 2.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 541%$25K
  • Match 443%$26.4K
  • Match 316%$9.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$500,000
  2. Match 5

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201times
42193times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,575 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 3 of 6 numbers (8, 9, 31) with the draw of 26 June 2024 — its closest relative in 1,575 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 September 2024): 8 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 9–10. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 9 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 24% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 2.5 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 4132≈ 132 by chance$200
  • Match 32,399≈ 2.4k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈136k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,399 winners, 0% more than the 2.4k 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 55$5,000
    Match 4132$200
    Match 32,399$4.00
    Totals2,536—