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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 21 February 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 16
  3. 28
  4. 31
  5. 38
  6. 45

Jackpot$1,900,000

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 1,859 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-02-19All recent draws2022-02-23 →

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 feed8 16 28 31 38 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 February 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 232 of each

8262times
16211times
28236times
31249times
38

Prize breakdown · 2022-02-21

  • Lines in play≈ 146kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$24.4Kto 3.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$5.2K
  • Match 426%$6.4K
  • Match 4 with Kicker29%$7.1K
  • 2 other tiers23%$5.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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238times
45223times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,858 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 (8, 28, 38, 45) with the draw of 7 August 2019 — its closest relative in 1,858 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 February 2022): 45 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

166

The numbers add up to 166 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 16 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,900,000
  • Match 51≈ 3.0 by chance$5,210
  • Match 4151≈ 154 by chance$42.20
  • Match 32,739≈ 2.7k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker42$169
  • Match 3 with Kicker742$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈146k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,739 winners, 0% more than the 2.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,900,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 51$5,210
    Match 4 with Kicker42$169
    Match 4151$42.20
    Match 3 with Kicker742$4.00
    Match 32,739$1.00
    Totals3,675—