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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 7 October 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 11
  3. 27
  4. 31
  5. 37
  6. 42

Jackpot$2,800,000

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

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,644 of 2,591 under them

← 2020-10-05All recent draws2020-10-10 →

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 feed8 11 27 31 37 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 October 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread40th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 205 of each

8230times
11210times
27191times
31216times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-10-07

  • Lines in play≈ 194kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$30.7Kto 4.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 423%$7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker31%$9.5K
  • Match 3 with Kicker13%$4.1K
  • 3 other tiers33%$10K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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202times
42214times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,643 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 (8, 11, 27, 42) with the draw of 2 March 2016 — its closest relative in 1,643 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 83% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 October 2020): 8 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

156

The numbers add up to 156 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 7 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 36% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,800,000
  • Match 53≈ 4.0 by chance$915
  • Match 4198≈ 204 by chance$35.50
  • Match 33,623≈ 3.6k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$3,660
  • Match 4 with Kicker67$142
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,035$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈194k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,623 winners, 0% more than the 3.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$3,660
    Match 53$915
    Match 4 with Kicker67$142
    Match 4198$35.50
    Match 3 with Kicker1,035$4.00
    Match 33,623$1.00
    Totals4,927—