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Mega Millions · draw

Friday, 3 April 2009

ResultMega Millions

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 22
  3. 38
  4. 39
  5. 48
  6. 42

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013draw 395 of 869 under them

← 2009-03-31All recent draws2009-04-07 →

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 22 38 39 48 + 4229 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 394 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 3 April 2009 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd10th
  • low34th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours82th
  • spread26th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

1637times
2237times
3834times
3938times
48

Prize breakdown · 2009-04-03

  • 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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42times
Stars · a separate 1-of-46 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

4211times

Every number was expected about that many times after 394 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 3 of 5 numbers (16, 22, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 March 2007 — its closest relative in 394 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 March 2009): 39, 48 carried over. Chance says 39% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

163

The numbers add up to 163 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 143. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 32% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 23 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—