// independent due-diligence report · daily on-chain lottery · Base mainnet
Verify everything. Then buy the ticket.
Megapot is a $1-per-ticket USDC lottery on Base with a $1,000,000+ daily prize pool, drawn every day using Pyth Network verifiable entropy (per Megapot). This page is the due diligence you were going to skip: contract addresses, the actual odds math, the full money flow — and the house edge, stated before you buy.
$ verify --contract 0x3bAe…42a2 // Base mainnet · deployed · linked below $ entropy --source pyth_network // verifiable randomness, per Megapot $ audits --count 4 // linked in §01 $ ev --per-dollar ≈ $0.775 // negative. it's a lottery. keep reading. $
Routes to megapot.io · 18+ · most tickets lose — play with money you can afford to lose.
§01 Verify, don't trust
You don't have to trust this page, and you don't have to trust Megapot either. The whole stack is public. Click through before you spend a dollar:
| Item | Detail | Check it |
|---|---|---|
| Jackpot contract | Base mainnet · 0x3bAe643002069dBCbcd62B1A4eb4C4A397d042a2 | BaseScan ↗ |
| Ticket NFT | ERC-721 · JackpotTicketNFT · 0x48FfE35AbB9f4780a4f1775C2Ce1c46185b366e4 | BaseScan ↗ |
| Randomness | Pyth Network verifiable entropy — per Megapot, no one (including Megapot) can predict or manipulate a drawing | docs ↗ |
| Audits | 4 security audits of the smart contracts | audit list ↗ |
| Results | Every drawing, ticket and payout recorded on-chain; results post immediately after each drawing | results ↗ |
Your ticket is an ERC-721 minted to your wallet — not a row in someone's database. Winnings are instantly claimable to your own wallet. No paperwork, no "processing period."
§02 Where each $1 goes
Megapot publishes its full economics in its docs. We're just putting them in a table where you can't miss them.
prizes ~77.5%backers ~12.5%referrers ~10%
| Destination | Share of each $1 | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Prize pool → players | ~77.5% | Returned to winners over time |
| Backers | ~12.5% | Deposit USDC that funds the prize pool — they "earn as the house" |
| Referrers | ~10% | Community referrers who bring players in |
≈ $0.775
expected return on every $1 ticket — Megapot's own published number
The house edge, in writing
Expected return ≈ $0.775 per $1 ticket. That is negative EV — and it isn't our estimate, it's from Megapot's own docs. They publish it themselves. It's a lottery, not an investment; anyone selling it as yield is lying to you.
| Return to players | Rate |
|---|---|
| Megapot | ~77.5% back as prizes |
| Traditional operators | ~50% or less |
| Many government lotteries | keep up to 70% of sales |
Per Megapot's docs, 100% of ticket sales stays inside the ecosystem — players, backers, referrers. No state budget line, no corporate-operator overhead.
§03 The odds, as actual math
A ticket is 5 numbers picked from 1–30 plus 1 bonusball from a dynamic range that changes per drawing. Here's the combinatorics — check it on a napkin:
C(30,5) = (30·29·28·27·26) / (5·4·3·2·1) = 142,506 match 5-of-30 → 1 in 142,506 bonusball range 5 → ×5 → ≈ 1 in 713,000 bonusball range 10 → ×10 → ≈ 1 in 1.4 million // jackpot
Why the bonusball range moves, per Megapot: bigger prize pool → wider range → harder jackpot; smaller pool → narrower range → easier jackpot. It keeps the pool sustainable instead of pretending the odds never change.
| Game | Jackpot odds |
|---|---|
| Megapot (bonusball range 10) | ≈ 1 in 1.4 million |
| Powerball | ≈ 1 in 292 million |
That's ~205× better jackpot odds — a comparison Megapot itself publishes. And per Megapot's published odds, 1 in 4 tickets wins something across the 10 prize tiers. Read that honestly: 3 in 4 tickets win nothing, and most wins are lower-tier.
$1 a ticket · daily drawings · results on-chain
§04 The prize table — all 12 combos, including the losers
10 winning tiers, from matching just the bonusball up to the jackpot. Every winning ticket gets a guaranteed minimum payout for its tier plus a share of a premium pool split by tier — the jackpot tier takes 33% of the premium. Amounts scale with the pool, so we won't print figures that go stale; live numbers are on megapot.io.
| Your match | Result | Payout structure |
|---|---|---|
| 5 + bonusball | JACKPOT | guaranteed minimum + 33% of premium pool |
| 5 | win | guaranteed minimum + tier premium share |
| 4 + bonusball | win | guaranteed minimum + tier premium share |
| 4 | win | guaranteed minimum + tier premium share |
| 3 + bonusball | win | guaranteed minimum + tier premium share |
| 3 | win | guaranteed minimum + tier premium share |
| 2 + bonusball | win | guaranteed minimum + tier premium share |
| 2 | win | guaranteed minimum + tier premium share |
| 1 + bonusball | win | guaranteed minimum + tier premium share |
| bonusball only | win | guaranteed minimum + tier premium share |
| 1, no bonusball | no win | nothing — we print the losing combos too |
| 0, no bonusball | no win | nothing |
Lower tiers have much better odds than the jackpot (per Megapot's docs). Quick Pick is available if you'd rather not choose.
§05 The duplicate-numbers edge
The only alpha on this page — and it's free
Premium-pool shares get divided between tickets holding the same winning combo. Pick the numbers a crowd picks, and you divide the premium with the crowd. Pick a unique combo, and a win can mean a bigger premium payout — Megapot documents this mechanic itself.
It doesn't change your odds of winning. It changes how much you collect when you win. Uncommon numbers are the sharper play; Quick Pick exists for the lazy.
§06 What this page is
- Darkpot is an independent referral front-end. We are not Megapot.
- Every buy button here routes to Megapot. Your purchase executes on Megapot's audited contract on Base — the one linked in §01.
- We never custody funds, never see your keys, and can't touch tickets, drawings, or payouts.
- New to this? Sign up with an email — Megapot creates a built-in smart account, zero crypto knowledge needed — or connect your own wallet.
Who's behind Megapot
A licensed gaming operator with players in 160+ countries, running daily drawings since July 2024. Raised a $5M pre-seed led by Dragonfly, with Coinbase Ventures, Bankless Ventures, and the founders of FanDuel (Nigel Eccles), Flutter/Betfair (Josh Hannah) and MyPrize (Zach Bruch). Four smart-contract audits, linked in §01.
§07 Sharp questions
Who actually holds the prize pool?
Backers — they deposit USDC that becomes the prize pool, and every drawing, ticket and payout is recorded on-chain on Base (§01). And it's not us: we never touch funds.
Can Megapot — or this site — see the winning numbers early?
Per Megapot: no. Winning numbers come from Pyth Network verifiable randomness, which no one — including Megapot — can predict or manipulate. Every drawing, ticket and payout is recorded on-chain on Base, so a rigged draw would be publicly visible. This site has zero involvement in drawings.
What happens if nobody hits the jackpot?
The pool is funded by backers' USDC deposits, and the bonusball range adjusts with pool size — bigger pool, wider range; smaller pool, narrower range — which per Megapot keeps the pool sustainable. Drawings run every day regardless, and results post immediately at megapot.io/results.
Is this +EV? Any real strategy?
It is not +EV. Expected return is ≈ $0.775 per $1, per Megapot's own docs. The only genuine play is in §05: unique numbers can raise your premium payout when you win — they don't raise your odds. Treat tickets as entertainment spend, full stop.
Do I need a wallet or crypto experience?
No. Email signup gives you a built-in smart account with zero crypto knowledge needed. If you're already on-chain, connect your own wallet and the tickets (ERC-721s) mint straight to it.
How do winners actually get paid?
Winnings are instantly claimable to your own wallet, per Megapot's docs. No forms, no waiting weeks, no "verification department." 19 jackpot winners so far — the full history is on the results page.
Why should I believe any number on this page?
You shouldn't — that's the point of §01. Every stat here comes from Megapot's published docs (docs.megapot.io) or is checkable on-chain via the linked contracts and results page. Verify first, play second.
§08 End of report
- contract verified on BaseScan (Base mainnet)
- tickets are ERC-721s in your wallet
- randomness: Pyth verifiable entropy (per Megapot)
- 4 audits, linked
- EV stated: ≈ $0.775 per $1 — negative
- losing combos printed in the prize table
That's the whole report. You've now read more due diligence than almost anyone who buys a ticket. If $1 into a $1,000,000+ daily prize pool at published odds sounds like fun, play. If you came looking for yield — this isn't it, and we told you so in monospace.
18+ · play responsibly · most tickets lose.