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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 23 April 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 22
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 35
  6. 41

Jackpot$4,500,000

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 1,885 of 2,592 under them

← 2022-04-20All recent draws2022-04-25 →

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 feed5 22 29 30 35 4129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 April 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 236 of each

5258times
22230times
29200times
30222times
35

Prize breakdown · 2022-04-23

  • Lines in play≈ 332kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$48.5Kto 7.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 427%$13.1K
  • Match 5 with Kicker17%$8.3K
  • Match 4 with Kicker28%$13.7K
  • 3 other tiers28%$13.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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233times
41254times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,884 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 (5, 22, 30, 41) with the draw of 24 July 2021 — its closest relative in 1,884 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 April 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

162

The numbers add up to 162 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 10 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 40% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,500,000
  • Match 55≈ 6.8 by chance$415
  • Match 4318≈ 349 by chance$41.20
  • Match 36,205≈ 6.2k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker5$1,658
  • Match 4 with Kicker83$165
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,299$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈332k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,205 winners, 0% more than the 6.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,500,000
    Match 5 with Kicker5$1,658
    Match 55$415
    Match 4 with Kicker83$165
    Match 4318$41.20
    Match 3 with Kicker1,299$4.00
    Match 36,205$1.00
    Totals7,915—