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Mega-Sena · draw

Monday, 20 May 1996

ResultMega-Sena

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 25
  3. 37
  4. 38
  5. 58
  6. 59

JackpotR$15,591,365

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 11 of 3,065 under them

← 1996-05-13All recent draws1996-05-27 →

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 feed15 25 37 38 58 5929 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 1996 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd78th
  • low22th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread47th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

150times
251time
372times
383times
58

Prize breakdown · 1996-05-20

  • Lines in play≈ 22Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outR$19.4Mto 9.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,296lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.44

Where the money went

  • Match 681%R$15.6M
  • Match 510%R$1.9M
  • Match 410%R$1.9M
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.44 by chanceR$15,591,365

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0times
591time

Every number was expected about that many times after 10 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 2 of 6 numbers (25, 38) with the draw of 13 May 1996 — its closest relative in 10 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 67% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 1996): 25, 38 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

232

The numbers add up to 232 — the 88th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 183. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38, 58–59. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

59 had not appeared for 7 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 86% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
Match 5
148≈ 143 by chance
R$12,706
  • Match 49,442≈ 9.4k by chanceR$199
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈22M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 9,442 winners, 0% more than the 9.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61R$15,591,365
    Match 5148R$12,706
    Match 49,442R$199
    Totals9,591—