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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 10 May 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 23
  2. 35
  3. 40
  4. 44
  5. 46
  6. 47

Jackpot$2,500,000

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

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,736 of 2,591 under them

← 2021-05-08All recent draws2021-05-12 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed23 35 40 44 46 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 10 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum100th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 217 of each

23224times
35214times
40214times
44203times
46

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-10

  • Lines in play≈ 160kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$27.9Kto 4.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 522%$6.1K
  • Match 430%$8.3K
  • Match 4 with Kicker27%$7.5K
  • 2 other tiers21%$6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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228times
47232times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,735 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 (23, 40, 46, 47) with the draw of 11 May 2011 — its closest relative in 1,735 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 May 2021): 46 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

235

The numbers add up to 235 — the 100th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 46–47. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

47 had not appeared for 19 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 72% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,500,000
  • Match 51≈ 3.3 by chance$6,110
  • Match 4177≈ 169 by chance$46.90
  • Match 33,002≈ 3.0k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker40$188
  • Match 3 with Kicker750$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈160k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,002 winners, 0% more than the 3.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,500,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 51$6,110
    Match 4 with Kicker40$188
    Match 4177$46.90
    Match 3 with Kicker750$4.00
    Match 33,002$1.00
    Totals3,970—