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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 26 September 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 16
  4. 25
  5. 36
  6. 39

Jackpot$6,500,000

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 1,952 of 2,592 under them

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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 feed6 7 16 25 36 3929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 September 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread36th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 244 of each

6235times
7220times
16222times
25255times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-09-26

  • Lines in play≈ 274kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$40.2Kto 6.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 431%$12.5K
  • Match 5 with Kicker14%$5.6K
  • Match 4 with Kicker23%$9.4K
  • 3 other tiers32%$12.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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225times
39239times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,951 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 (6, 16, 25, 36) with the draw of 23 May 2018 — its closest relative in 1,951 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 September 2022): 36 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 29th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 6–7. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 19 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,500,000
  • Match 54≈ 5.6 by chance$705
  • Match 4289≈ 288 by chance$43.30
  • Match 35,118≈ 5.1k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$2,821
  • Match 4 with Kicker54$173
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,185$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈274k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,118 winners, 0% more than the 5.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,500,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$2,821
    Match 54$705
    Match 4 with Kicker54$173
    Match 4289$43.30
    Match 3 with Kicker1,185$4.00
    Match 35,118$1.00
    Totals6,652—