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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 9
  3. 11
  4. 38
  5. 39
  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 2,262 of 2,592 under them

← 2024-09-16All recent draws2024-09-21 →

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 feed4 9 11 38 39 4429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 September 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum48th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 283 of each

4290times
9282times
11285times
38290times
39

Prize breakdown · 2024-09-18

  • Lines in play≈ 534kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$72.6Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 43lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 516%$12K
  • Match 432%$22.9K
  • Match 4 with Kicker23%$16.8K
  • 3 other tiers29%$20.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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278times
44272times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,261 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 (4, 11, 38, 44) with the draw of 8 June 2020 — its closest relative in 2,261 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 September 2024): 39 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 47th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 12 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 44% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$9,100,000
  • Match 514≈ 11 by chance$855
  • Match 4544≈ 562 by chance$42.10
  • Match 39,985≈ 10.0k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$3,418
  • Match 4 with Kicker100$168
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,881$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈534k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 544 winners, 3% fewer than the 562 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$9,100,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$3,418
    Match 514$855
    Match 4 with Kicker100$168
    Match 4544$42.10
    Match 3 with Kicker1,881$4.00
    Match 39,985$1.00
    Totals12,525—