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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 19
  5. 27
  6. 41

Jackpot$1,850,000

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 1,593 of 1,910 under them

← 2024-10-14All recent draws2024-10-19 →

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 feed4 11 12 19 27 4129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 October 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum14th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 195 of each

4185times
11202times
12219times
19194times
27

Prize breakdown · 2024-10-16

  • Lines in play≈ 139kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$76Kto 2.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 539%$30K
  • Match 448%$36.2K
  • Match 313%$9.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$1,850,000
  2. Match 5

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197times
41187times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,592 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (4, 12, 19) with the draw of 3 August 2024 — its closest relative in 1,592 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 October 2024): 4, 11 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 14th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 18 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 →
6≈ 2.6 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 4181≈ 134 by chance$200
  • Match 32,445≈ 2.4k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈139k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,445 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$1,850,000
    Match 56$5,000
    Match 4181$200
    Match 32,445$4.00
    Totals2,632—