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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 5 March 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 14
  4. 34
  5. 37
  6. 40

Jackpot$2,400,000

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 1,864 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-03-02All recent draws2022-03-07 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed8 10 14 34 37 4029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 March 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum45th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap83th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread32th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 233 of each

8264times
10222times
14243times
34238times
37

Prize breakdown · 2022-03-05

  • Lines in play≈ 242kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.2Kto 5.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 513%$4.9K
  • Match 428%$10.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker28%$10.6K
  • 3 other tiers31%$12K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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235times
40230times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,863 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 (10, 14, 34, 37) with the draw of 7 March 2020 — its closest relative in 1,863 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 March 2022): 34 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 45th 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

10 had not appeared for 29 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 44% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,400,000
  • Match 56≈ 5.0 by chance$820
  • Match 4274≈ 255 by chance$38.90
  • Match 34,534≈ 4.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$3,281
  • Match 4 with Kicker68$156
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,047$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈242k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,534 winners, 0% more than the 4.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,400,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$3,281
    Match 56$820
    Match 4 with Kicker68$156
    Match 4274$38.90
    Match 3 with Kicker1,047$4.00
    Match 34,534$1.00
    Totals5,930—