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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 21 May 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 8
  4. 34
  5. 46
  6. 48

Jackpot$11,600,000

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 1,293 of 1,910 under them

← 2022-05-18All recent draws2022-05-25 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed3 4 8 34 46 4829 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd5th
  • low48th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 158 of each

3177times
4137times
8137times
34170times
46

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-21

  • Lines in play≈ 237kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.3Kto 4.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 530%$12.5K
  • Match 449%$20.4K
  • Match 320%$8.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$11,600,000
  2. Match 5

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139times
48170times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,292 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 4 of 6 numbers (3, 8, 34, 46) with the draw of 1 April 2017 — its closest relative in 1,292 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 May 2022): 3, 34 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 22 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 44% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 4.4 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4204≈ 230 by chance$100
  • Match 34,186≈ 4.2k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈237k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,186 winners, 0% more than the 4.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$11,600,000
    Match 55$2,500
    Match 4204$100
    Match 34,186$2.00
    Totals4,395—