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Mega-Sena · draw

Sunday, 20 April 1997

ResultMega-Sena

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 13
  4. 28
  5. 34
  6. 54

JackpotR$789,733

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 59 of 3,065 under them

← 1997-04-13All recent draws1997-04-27 →

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 feed2 8 13 28 34 5429 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 April 1997 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum14th
  • odd5th
  • low78th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread80th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

26times
84times
137times
284times
34

Prize breakdown · 1997-04-20

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outR$1.3Mto 5.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,294lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 550%R$658.1K
  • Match 450%R$656.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.25 by chanceR$789,733
  2. Match 5

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3times
546times

Every number was expected about that many times after 58 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 3 of 6 numbers (2, 28, 34) with the draw of 2 February 1997 — its closest relative in 58 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 45% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 April 1997): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 14th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 183. No two numbers side by side. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

54 had not appeared for 21 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 74% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
90≈ 81 by chance
R$7,312
  • Match 45,351≈ 5.4k by chanceR$123
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈12M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 5,351 winners, 0% more than the 5.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60R$789,733
    Match 590R$7,312
    Match 45,351R$123
    Totals5,441—