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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 1 May 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 31
  3. 35
  4. 38
  5. 44
  6. 45

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 1,469 of 1,728 under them

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Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 31 35 38 44 4529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd77th
  • low5th
  • widest gap99th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 180 of each

1185times
31173times
35183times
38180times
44

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180times
45168times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,468 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (1, 35, 44, 45) with the draw of 20 June 2020 — its closest relative in 1,468 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 April 2024): 1 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

194

The numbers add up to 194 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 44–45. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 20 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 65% of the jackpot.

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

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