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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 2 May 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 21
  5. 22
  6. 48

Jackpot$1,230,264

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,079 of 1,911 under them

← 2020-04-29All recent draws2020-05-06 →

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 feed13 16 17 21 22 4829 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd48th
  • low94th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread42th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 132 of each

13150times
16118times
17125times
21110times
22

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-02

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$1.2M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$1,230,264
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$1,230,264

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110times
48143times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,078 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 (13, 16, 21, 48) with the draw of 3 March 2018 — its closest relative in 1,078 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 April 2020): 13 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 34th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 21–22. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 56 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 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 46% of the jackpot.

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

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