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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 17 May 2025

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 21
  4. 30
  5. 37
  6. 42

Jackpot$800,000

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 1,684 of 1,910 under them

← 2025-05-14All recent draws2025-05-19 →

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 5 21 30 37 4229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

83oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 83 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread57th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 206 of each

4198times
5210times
21173times
30231times
37

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 97kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$30.8Kto 1.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 516%$5K
  • Match 462%$19K
  • Match 322%$6.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$800,000
  2. Match 5

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219times
42207times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,683 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, 30, 37, 42) with the draw of 22 January 2025 — its closest relative in 1,683 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2025): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 20 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 41% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1≈ 1.8 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 495≈ 94 by chance$200
  • Match 31,709≈ 1.7k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈97k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,709 winners, 0% more than the 1.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$800,000
    Match 51$5,000
    Match 495$200
    Match 31,709$4.00
    Totals1,805—