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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 18 September 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 30
  3. 34
  4. 36
  5. 45
  6. 47

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 2,105 of 2,592 under them

← 2023-09-16All recent draws2023-09-20 →

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 30 34 36 45 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 September 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum95th
  • odd21th
  • low5th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread66th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 263 of each

8286times
30245times
34260times
36250times
45

Prize breakdown · 2023-09-18

  • Lines in play≈ 179kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.4Kto 4.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 522%$6.3K
  • Match 427%$8.1K
  • Match 4 with Kicker28%$8.3K
  • 2 other tiers23%$6.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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256times
47287times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,104 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 (30, 36, 45, 47) with the draw of 14 August 2023 — its closest relative in 2,104 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 September 2023): 34 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

200

The numbers add up to 200 — the 95th 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

8 had not appeared for 26 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 58% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,900,000
  • Match 53≈ 3.7 by chance$2,113
  • Match 4194≈ 189 by chance$41.60
  • Match 33,355≈ 3.4k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker50$166
  • Match 3 with Kicker827$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈179k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,355 winners, 0% more than the 3.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,900,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 53$2,113
    Match 4 with Kicker50$166
    Match 4194$41.60
    Match 3 with Kicker827$4.00
    Match 33,355$1.00
    Totals4,429—