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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 28 September 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 21
  4. 27
  5. 36
  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 2,266 of 2,592 under them

← 2024-09-25All recent draws2024-09-30 →

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 5 21 27 36 4429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 September 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 93% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread82th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 283 of each

2258times
5308times
21285times
27265times
36

Prize breakdown · 2024-09-28

  • Lines in play≈ 687kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$9.6Mto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 43lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 699%$9.5M
  • Match 40.3%$27.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker0.2%$23.5K
  • 4 other tiers0.4%$42.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.06 by chance

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268times
44273times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,265 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, 5, 27, 44) with the draw of 20 February 2023 — its closest relative in 2,265 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 September 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 35th 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

2 had not appeared for 22 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$9,500,000
  • Match 514≈ 14 by chance$759
  • Match 4665≈ 723 by chance$41.60
  • Match 312,862≈ 13k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker3$3,036
  • Match 4 with Kicker141$166
  • Match 3 with Kicker2,466$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈687k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 665 winners, 8% fewer than the 723 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$9,500,000
    Match 5 with Kicker3$3,036
    Match 514$759
    Match 4 with Kicker141$166
    Match 4665$41.60
    Match 3 with Kicker2,466$4.00
    Match 312,862$1.00
    Totals16,152—