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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 8 October 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 25
  3. 29
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 44

Jackpot$7,000,000

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 1,957 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-10-05All recent draws2022-10-10 →

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 feed7 25 29 42 43 4429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 October 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd79th
  • low5th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread55th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 245 of each

7222times
25256times
29214times
42251times
43

Prize breakdown · 2022-10-08

  • Lines in play≈ 455kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$65.1Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$13.8K
  • Match 432%$21.1K
  • Match 4 with Kicker22%$14.5K
  • 2 other tiers24%$15.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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243times
44234times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,956 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 5 of 6 numbers (25, 29, 42, 43, 44) with the draw of 15 February 2020 — its closest relative in 1,956 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 4.0% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 October 2022): 7 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

190

The numbers add up to 190 — the 90th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43, 43–44. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 48% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,000,000
  • Match 511≈ 9.3 by chance$1,252
  • Match 4484≈ 479 by chance$43.60
  • Match 38,509≈ 8.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker83$174
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,809$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈455k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,509 winners, 0% more than the 8.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,000,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 511$1,252
    Match 4 with Kicker83$174
    Match 4484$43.60
    Match 3 with Kicker1,809$4.00
    Match 38,509$1.00
    Totals10,896—