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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 4 January 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 12
  3. 41
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 49

Jackpot$2,500,000

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 1,358 of 1,910 under them

← 2022-12-31All recent draws2023-01-07 →

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 feed9 12 41 42 43 4929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd77th
  • low20th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 166 of each

9155times
12178times
41153times
42171times
43

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 114kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$17.9Kto 2.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 514%$2.5K
  • Match 464%$11.4K
  • Match 323%$4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$2,500,000
  2. Match 5

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158times
49167times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,357 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 (9, 12, 41, 49) with the draw of 9 September 2015 — its closest relative in 1,357 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

196

The numbers add up to 196 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42, 42–43. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

43 had not appeared for 6 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 60% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1≈ 2.1 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4114≈ 111 by chance$100
  • Match 32,019≈ 2.0k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈114k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,019 winners, 0% more than the 2.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,500,000
    Match 51$2,500
    Match 4114$100
    Match 32,019$2.00
    Totals2,134—