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Mega-Sena · draw

Saturday, 16 May 1998

ResultMega-Sena

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 14
  4. 20
  5. 24
  6. 38

JackpotR$2,339,732

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 115 of 3,064 under them

← 1998-05-09All recent draws1998-05-23 →

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 feed4 6 14 20 24 3829 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 1998 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd1th
  • low95th
  • widest gap21th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread16th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

414times
614times
1411times
2010times
24

Prize breakdown · 1998-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outR$1.4Mto 5.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,297lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 550%R$724.1K
  • Match 450%R$722.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.24 by chanceR$2,339,732
  2. Match 5

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15times
3816times

Every number was expected about that many times after 114 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 (14, 20, 38) with the draw of 27 April 1997 — its closest relative in 114 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 69% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 May 1998): 6 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 3th 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

14 had not appeared for 15 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 60% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
78≈ 77 by chance
R$9,283
  • Match 45,091≈ 5.1k by chanceR$142
    • 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 — 5,091 winners, 0% more than the 5.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60R$2,339,732
    Match 578R$9,283
    Match 45,091R$142
    Totals5,169—