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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 29 August 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 17
  4. 27
  5. 43
  6. 46

Jackpot$5,300,000

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 1,940 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-08-27All recent draws2022-08-31 →

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 feed4 11 17 27 43 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread82th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 242 of each

4243times
11243times
17245times
27217times
43

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-29

  • Lines in play≈ 257kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$37.1Kto 6.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 428%$10.5K
  • Match 5 with Kicker14%$5.2K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$9.6K
  • 3 other tiers32%$11.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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241times
46260times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,939 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 (4, 11, 27, 46) with the draw of 22 March 2021 — its closest relative in 1,939 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2022): 27 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 51th 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

17 had not appeared for 22 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 →
$5,300,000
  • Match 52≈ 5.3 by chance$1,303
  • Match 4271≈ 271 by chance$38.90
  • Match 34,810≈ 4.8k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$5,210
  • Match 4 with Kicker62$156
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,074$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈257k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,810 winners, 0% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,300,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$5,210
    Match 52$1,303
    Match 4 with Kicker62$156
    Match 4271$38.90
    Match 3 with Kicker1,074$4.00
    Match 34,810$1.00
    Totals6,220—