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Mega-Sena · draw

Sunday, 18 May 1997

ResultMega-Sena

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 25
  3. 26
  4. 40
  5. 41
  6. 49

JackpotR$13,680,020

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 63 of 3,064 under them

← 1997-05-11All recent draws1997-05-25 →

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 feed9 25 26 40 41 4929 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 1997 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum57th
  • odd78th
  • low50th
  • widest gap34th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread32th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

93times
258times
262times
402times
41

Prize breakdown · 1997-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 15Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outR$16.3Mto 6.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,302lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.30

Where the money went

  • Match 684%R$13.7M
  • Match 58.2%R$1.3M
  • Match 48.1%R$1.3M
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.30 by chanceR$13,680,020

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2times
495times

Every number was expected about that many times after 62 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 (9, 41, 49) with the draw of 18 March 1996 — its closest relative in 62 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 48% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 1997): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

190

The numbers add up to 190 — the 56th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 183. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26, 40–41. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 61 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 77% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
Match 5
82≈ 96 by chance
R$16,247
  • Match 46,359≈ 6.4k by chanceR$209
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈15M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 6,359 winners, 0% more than the 6.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61R$13,680,020
    Match 582R$16,247
    Match 46,359R$209
    Totals6,442—