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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 1 January 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 20
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 41

Jackpot$6,400,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,253 of 1,910 under them

← 2021-12-29All recent draws2022-01-05 →

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 feed10 11 20 27 28 4129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 82% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread25th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 153 of each

10145times
11158times
20141times
27162times
28

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-01

  • Lines in play≈ 259kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$39.6Kto 4.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$7.5K
  • Match 458%$22.9K
  • Match 323%$9.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$6,400,000
  2. Match 5

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150times
41142times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,252 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 (10, 27, 41) with the draw of 23 January 2021 — its closest relative in 1,252 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 December 2021): nothing 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: 10–11, 27–28. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 5 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 29% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 4.8 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4229≈ 251 by chance$100
  • Match 34,577≈ 4.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈259k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,577 winners, 0% more than the 4.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,400,000
    Match 53$2,500
    Match 4229$100
    Match 34,577$2.00
    Totals4,809—