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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 28 October 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 20
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 42
  6. 43

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 2,122 of 2,591 under them

← 2023-10-25All recent draws2023-10-30 →

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 feed2 20 28 30 42 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 October 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 265 of each

2243times
20251times
28262times
30248times
42

Prize breakdown · 2023-10-28

  • Lines in play≈ 341kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$51.2Kto 8.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 428%$14.4K
  • Match 5 with Kicker14%$7.3K
  • Match 4 with Kicker27%$13.9K
  • 3 other tiers31%$15.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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269times
43264times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,121 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 (2, 28, 42, 43) with the draw of 7 July 2018 — its closest relative in 2,121 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 October 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

165

The numbers add up to 165 — the 70th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 15 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,600,000
  • Match 52≈ 7.0 by chance$1,825
  • Match 4324≈ 359 by chance$44.50
  • Match 36,380≈ 6.4k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$7,300
  • Match 4 with Kicker78$178
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,400$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈341k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,380 winners, 0% fewer than the 6.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,600,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$7,300
    Match 52$1,825
    Match 4 with Kicker78$178
    Match 4324$44.50
    Match 3 with Kicker1,400$4.00
    Match 36,380$1.00
    Totals8,185—