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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 3 May 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 14
  3. 26
  4. 38
  5. 42
  6. 44

Jackpot$5,500,000

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 1,392 of 1,910 under them

← 2023-04-29All recent draws2023-05-06 →

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 feed8 14 26 38 42 4429 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd0th
  • low20th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread47th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 170 of each

8147times
14146times
26193times
38166times
42

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-03

  • Lines in play≈ 204kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$40.2Kto 3.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$12.5K
  • Match 451%$20.5K
  • Match 318%$7.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$5,500,000
  2. Match 5

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175times
44171times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,391 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 (14, 26, 38, 42) with the draw of 25 June 2011 — its closest relative in 1,391 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 April 2023): 38 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

172

The numbers add up to 172 — the 74th 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

44 had not appeared for 24 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 3.8 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4205≈ 197 by chance$100
  • Match 33,598≈ 3.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈204k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,598 winners, 0% more than the 3.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,500,000
    Match 55$2,500
    Match 4205$100
    Match 33,598$2.00
    Totals3,808—