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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 17 August 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 23
  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 2,248 of 2,591 under them

← 2024-08-14All recent draws2024-08-19 →

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 feed13 15 16 17 23 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd95th
  • low95th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread40th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 281 of each

13285times
15286times
16252times
17287times
23

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 508kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$71.7Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$15.2K
  • Match 431%$22.5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker23%$16.8K
  • 2 other tiers24%$17.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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288times
47308times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,247 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 (13, 17, 23, 47) with the draw of 27 October 2021 — its closest relative in 2,247 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 August 2024): 15, 23 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 16–17. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 37 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,700,000
  • Match 56≈ 10 by chance$2,539
  • Match 4530≈ 535 by chance$42.50
  • Match 39,514≈ 9.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker99$170
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,895$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈508k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 530 winners, 1% fewer than the 535 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,700,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 56$2,539
    Match 4 with Kicker99$170
    Match 4530$42.50
    Match 3 with Kicker1,895$4.00
    Match 39,514$1.00
    Totals12,044—