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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 4 May 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 15
  4. 26
  5. 30
  6. 44

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 2,203 of 2,591 under them

← 2024-05-01All recent draws2024-05-06 →

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 feed9 10 15 26 30 4429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

75oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 75 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap44th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread45th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 275 of each

9275times
10271times
15278times
26262times
30

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-04

  • Lines in play≈ 324kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$48.3Kto 7.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 429%$14.1K
  • Match 5 with Kicker13%$6.5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker25%$12.3K
  • 3 other tiers32%$15.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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257times
44263times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,202 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 (9, 10, 15, 44) with the draw of 1 March 2017 — its closest relative in 2,202 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 34th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

44 had not appeared for 16 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,200,000
  • Match 57≈ 6.7 by chance$539
  • Match 4349≈ 341 by chance$40.50
  • Match 36,059≈ 6.1k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker3$2,155
  • Match 4 with Kicker76$162
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,397$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈324k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,059 winners, 0% more than the 6.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,200,000
    Match 5 with Kicker3$2,155
    Match 57$539
    Match 4 with Kicker76$162
    Match 4349$40.50
    Match 3 with Kicker1,397$4.00
    Match 36,059$1.00
    Totals7,891—