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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 3 January 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 23
  5. 24
  6. 34

Jackpot$7,800,000

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 1,838 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-01-01All recent draws2022-01-05 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed11 15 16 23 24 3429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd50th
  • low95th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 230 of each

11231times
15240times
16208times
23239times
24

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 407kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$57.9Kto 9.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$17.3K
  • Match 5 with Kicker13%$7.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker25%$14.4K
  • 3 other tiers32%$18.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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228times
34233times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,837 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 (15, 23, 24, 34) with the draw of 13 November 2021 — its closest relative in 1,837 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2022): 23 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 23th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 23–24. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 21 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,800,000
  • Match 57≈ 8.4 by chance$643
  • Match 4447≈ 429 by chance$38.60
  • Match 37,622≈ 7.6k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker3$2,572
  • Match 4 with Kicker93$154
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,616$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈407k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,622 winners, 0% more than the 7.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker3$2,572
    Match 57$643
    Match 4 with Kicker93$154
    Match 4447$38.60
    Match 3 with Kicker1,616$4.00
    Match 37,622$1.00
    Totals9,788—