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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 6 August 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 16
  3. 25
  4. 26
  5. 34
  6. 36

Jackpot$4,300,000

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 1,930 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-08-03All recent draws2022-08-08 →

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 16 25 26 34 3629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread28th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 241 of each

5263times
16219times
25248times
26228times
34

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-06

  • Lines in play≈ 338kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$49.5Kto 8.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$10.5K
  • Match 430%$15K
  • Match 4 with Kicker24%$12K
  • 2 other tiers24%$11.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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243times
36221times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,929 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 (25, 26, 34, 36) with the draw of 24 May 2014 — its closest relative in 1,929 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 August 2022): 5, 25, 34 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

142

The numbers add up to 142 — the 43th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 13 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 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,300,000
  • Match 57≈ 6.9 by chance$1,497
  • Match 4366≈ 355 by chance$41.10
  • Match 36,315≈ 6.3k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker73$164
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,408$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈338k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,315 winners, 0% more than the 6.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,300,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 57$1,497
    Match 4 with Kicker73$164
    Match 4366$41.10
    Match 3 with Kicker1,408$4.00
    Match 36,315$1.00
    Totals8,169—