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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 11 May 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 5
  4. 23
  5. 24
  6. 45

Jackpot$1,660,459

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 664 of 1,909 under them

← 2016-05-07All recent draws2016-05-14 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 2 5 23 24 4529 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 11 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd77th
  • low94th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 81 of each

181times
277times
584times
2391times
24

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-11

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$1.7M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$1,660,459
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$1,660,459

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81times
4585times

Every number was expected about that many times after 663 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (2, 5, 24, 45) with the draw of 18 June 2011 — its closest relative in 663 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 48% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 May 2016): 5 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

100

The numbers add up to 100 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2, 23–24. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 8 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 30% of the jackpot.

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

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