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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 7 January 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 21
  4. 37
  5. 38
  6. 42

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 1,996 of 2,591 under them

← 2023-01-04All recent draws2023-01-09 →

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 feed1 3 21 37 38 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 249 of each

1252times
3256times
21249times
37253times
38

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-07

  • Lines in play≈ 316kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$47.9Kto 7.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 516%$7.5K
  • Match 430%$14.4K
  • Match 4 with Kicker25%$11.8K
  • 3 other tiers30%$14.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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258times
42254times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,995 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 (1, 37, 38, 42) with the draw of 30 January 2021 — its closest relative in 1,995 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2023): 1, 3 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: 37–38. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 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 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 47% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,700,000
  • Match 511≈ 6.5 by chance$678
  • Match 4326≈ 333 by chance$44.20
  • Match 35,917≈ 5.9k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$2,711
  • Match 4 with Kicker67$177
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,382$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈316k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,917 winners, 0% more than the 5.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,700,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$2,711
    Match 511$678
    Match 4 with Kicker67$177
    Match 4326$44.20
    Match 3 with Kicker1,382$4.00
    Match 35,917$1.00
    Totals7,704—