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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 24 September 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 17
  3. 26
  4. 28
  5. 37
  6. 45

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 1,329 of 1,910 under them

← 2022-09-21All recent draws2022-09-28 →

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 17 26 28 37 4529 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 September 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread42th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 163 of each

10155times
17158times
26181times
28158times
37

Prize breakdown · 2022-09-24

  • Lines in play≈ 128kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$19.2Kto 2.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 526%$5K
  • Match 450%$9.7K
  • Match 324%$4.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$500,000
  2. Match 5

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166times
45170times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,328 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 (10, 28, 37, 45) with the draw of 27 March 2013 — its closest relative in 1,328 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 September 2022): 17 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

163

The numbers add up to 163 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 17 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 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2≈ 2.4 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 497≈ 124 by chance$100
  • Match 32,264≈ 2.3k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈128k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,264 winners, 0% more than the 2.3k 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 497$100
    Match 32,264$2.00
    Totals2,363—