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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 15 October 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 7
  4. 21
  5. 28
  6. 43

Jackpot$7,300,000

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 1,960 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-10-12All recent draws2022-10-17 →

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 feed2 4 7 21 28 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 October 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 66% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 245 of each

2226times
4249times
7223times
21243times
28

Prize breakdown · 2022-10-15

  • Lines in play≈ 492kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$67.6Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$14K
  • Match 427%$18.4K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$17.8K
  • 2 other tiers26%$17.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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249times
43244times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,959 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 (2, 4, 7, 43) with the draw of 16 April 2016 — its closest relative in 1,959 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 October 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 10th 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

21 had not appeared for 42 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 24% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,300,000
  • Match 516≈ 10 by chance$876
  • Match 4486≈ 518 by chance$37.80
  • Match 39,200≈ 9.2k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker118$151
  • Match 3 with Kicker2,052$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈492k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 486 winners, 6% fewer than the 518 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,300,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 516$876
    Match 4 with Kicker118$151
    Match 4486$37.80
    Match 3 with Kicker2,052$4.00
    Match 39,200$1.00
    Totals11,872—