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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 21 September 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 20
  6. 22

Jackpot$500,000

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 1,328 of 1,910 under them

← 2022-09-17All recent draws2022-09-24 →

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 feed4 17 18 19 20 2229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

21oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 21 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd20th
  • low99th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 162 of each

4142times
17157times
18168times
19153times
20

Prize breakdown · 2022-09-21

  • Lines in play≈ 200kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$30.2Kto 3.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 517%$5K
  • Match 460%$18.2K
  • Match 323%$7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$500,000
  2. Match 5

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151times
22142times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,327 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 (4, 18, 19, 22) with the draw of 19 October 2019 — its closest relative in 1,327 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 September 2022): 17 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: 17–18, 18–19, 19–20. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 10 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 5.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2≈ 3.7 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4182≈ 193 by chance$100
  • Match 33,523≈ 3.5k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈200k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,523 winners, 0% more than the 3.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$500,000
    Match 52$2,500
    Match 4182$100
    Match 33,523$2.00
    Totals3,707—