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Megabucks Plus · draw

Saturday, 3 January 2026

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 22
  3. 24
  4. 26
  5. 30
  6. 6

Jackpot$1,280,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2023draw 402 of 525 under them

← 2025-12-31All recent draws2026-01-05 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:47 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 22 24 26 30 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd9th
  • low9th
  • widest gap90th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread51th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 49 of each

152times
2245times
2455times
2654times
30

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40times
Stars · a separate 1-of-7 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 57 of each

673times

Every number was expected about that many times after 401 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 3 of 5 numbers (24, 26, 30) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 July 2024 — its closest relative in 401 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2025): nothing carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 6 repeated (14% expected).

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Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. No two numbers side by side. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 25 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

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