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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 4 February 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 34
  3. 38
  4. 40
  5. 41
  6. 43

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 287 of 2,590 under them

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Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 34 38 40 41 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 February 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum95th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap99th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread61th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

538times
3435times
3835times
4043times
41

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40times
4332times

Every number was expected about that many times after 286 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 (40, 41, 43) with the draw of 24 December 2011 — its closest relative in 286 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 February 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

201

The numbers add up to 201 — the 95th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 23 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 70% of the jackpot.

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

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