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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 21 January 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 39
  6. 41

Jackpot$2,900,000

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 1,363 of 1,910 under them

← 2023-01-18All recent draws2023-01-25 →

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 feed11 12 17 18 39 4129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread22th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 167 of each

11171times
12179times
17161times
18172times
39

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 166kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.3Kto 3.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 526%$7.5K
  • Match 454%$15.9K
  • Match 320%$5.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$2,900,000
  2. Match 5

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154times
41155times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,362 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (11, 12, 18, 39) with the draw of 29 January 2022 — its closest relative in 1,362 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 35th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12, 17–18. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 41 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 3.1 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4159≈ 161 by chance$100
  • Match 32,938≈ 2.9k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈166k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,938 winners, 0% more than the 2.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,900,000
    Match 53$2,500
    Match 4159$100
    Match 32,938$2.00
    Totals3,100—