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Mega Millions · draw

Tuesday, 6 May 2008

ResultMega Millions

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 21
  3. 46
  4. 53
  5. 54
  6. 26

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013draw 300 of 869 under them

← 2008-05-02All recent draws2008-05-09 →

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 feed4 21 46 53 54 + 2629 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Mega Millions was a 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 299 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 May 2008 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd34th
  • low34th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours82th
  • spread90th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

422times
2124times
4635times
5337times
54

Prize breakdown · 2008-05-06

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 50 winners$250K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50$250,000
  2. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball0$10,000
  3. Match 40$150
  4. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball

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30times
Stars · a separate 1-of-46 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

264times

Every number was expected about that many times after 299 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 5 numbers (4, 21, 46, 53) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 August 2007 — its closest relative in 299 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 2.0% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2008): 53 carried over. Chance says 39% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 26 repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

178

The numbers add up to 178 — the 84th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 143. Side-by-side numbers: 53–54. 32% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 25 draws. A number waits about 11 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 19% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0
$150
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball0$10.00
  • Match 30$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball0$3.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball0$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball0$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball0$3.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball0$10.00
    Match 30$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball0$150
    Match 40$150
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball0$10,000
    Match 50$250,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0—