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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 5 August 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 8
  5. 25
  6. 31

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 2,243 of 2,591 under them

← 2024-08-03All recent draws2024-08-07 →

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 feed3 5 6 8 25 3129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread18th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 280 of each

3286times
5304times
6283times
8303times
25

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-05

  • Lines in play≈ 378kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$51Kto 9.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 515%$7.5K
  • Match 424%$12.2K
  • Match 4 with Kicker29%$14.8K
  • 3 other tiers32%$16.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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294times
31296times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,242 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 (5, 8, 25, 31) with the draw of 12 June 2021 — its closest relative in 2,242 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 August 2024): 25 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

78

The numbers add up to 78 — the 1th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 21 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 3.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,200,000
  • Match 510≈ 7.8 by chance$748
  • Match 4382≈ 398 by chance$32.00
  • Match 37,080≈ 7.1k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$2,992
  • Match 4 with Kicker116$128
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,599$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈378k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,080 winners, 0% more than the 7.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,200,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$2,992
    Match 510$748
    Match 4 with Kicker116$128
    Match 4382$32.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,599$4.00
    Match 37,080$1.00
    Totals9,188—