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Mega Millions · draw

Friday, 9 May 2008

ResultMega Millions

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 31
  3. 43
  4. 46
  5. 56
  6. 22

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013draw 301 of 869 under them

← 2008-05-06All recent draws2008-05-13 →

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 feed16 31 43 46 56 + 2229 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 300 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 9 May 2008 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd34th
  • low10th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread54th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

1626times
3129times
4330times
4636times
56

Prize breakdown · 2008-05-09

  • 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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28times
Stars · a separate 1-of-46 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

2210times

Every number was expected about that many times after 300 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 (16, 31, 43, 46) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 February 2006 — its closest relative in 300 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 2.0% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 May 2008): 46 carried over. Chance says 39% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

192

The numbers add up to 192 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 143. No two numbers side by side. 32% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 37 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 21% 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—