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Mega-Sena · draw

Monday, 22 April 1996

ResultMega-Sena

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 20
  4. 21
  5. 38
  6. 56

JackpotR$3,335,692

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

Rules6/60 · since Mar 1996draw 7 of 3,065 under them

← 1996-04-15All recent draws1996-04-29 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 5 20 21 38 5629 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 April 1996 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd50th
  • low78th
  • widest gap47th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread84th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

30times
52times
200times
210times
38

Prize breakdown · 1996-04-22

  • Lines in play≈ 13Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outR$1.7Mto 5.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,292lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.27

Where the money went

  • Match 550%R$874.6K
  • Match 450%R$874.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.27 by chanceR$3,335,692
  2. Match 5

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0times
560times

Every number was expected about that many times after 6 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 1 of 6 numbers (5) with the draw of 1 April 1996 — its closest relative in 6 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 April 1996): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 183. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 3 draws. A number waits about 10 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 67% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
100≈ 87 by chance
R$8,746
  • Match 45,736≈ 5.7k by chanceR$152
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈13M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 5,736 winners, 0% more than the 5.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60R$3,335,692
    Match 5100R$8,746
    Match 45,736R$152
    Totals5,836—