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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 7 August 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 15
  3. 31
  4. 36
  5. 42
  6. 45

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 2,244 of 2,591 under them

← 2024-08-05All recent draws2024-08-10 →

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 feed2 15 31 36 42 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 280 of each

2257times
15283times
31297times
36264times
42

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-07

  • Lines in play≈ 381kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$53.3Kto 8.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 43lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$11.4K
  • Match 431%$16.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker24%$12.9K
  • 2 other tiers23%$12.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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283times
45272times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,243 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, 15, 31, 36) with the draw of 11 October 2021 — its closest relative in 2,243 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 August 2024): 31 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

171

The numbers add up to 171 — the 76th 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

15 had not appeared for 18 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,300,000
  • Match 56≈ 7.8 by chance$1,901
  • Match 4383≈ 401 by chance$43.50
  • Match 37,125≈ 7.1k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker74$174
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,316$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈381k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,125 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$7,300,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 56$1,901
    Match 4 with Kicker74$174
    Match 4383$43.50
    Match 3 with Kicker1,316$4.00
    Match 37,125$1.00
    Totals8,904—