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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 21 January 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 27
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 35

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 2,002 of 2,591 under them

← 2023-01-18All recent draws2023-01-23 →

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 6 27 30 31 3529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread40th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 250 of each

1253times
6243times
27225times
30232times
31

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 269kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.4Kto 6.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$12.4K
  • Match 5 with Kicker14%$5.9K
  • Match 4 with Kicker25%$10.4K
  • 3 other tiers31%$12.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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269times
35249times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,001 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, 27, 31, 35) with the draw of 3 July 2017 — its closest relative in 2,001 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2023): 31 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 30th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 17 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 28% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,300,000
  • Match 54≈ 5.5 by chance$735
  • Match 4296≈ 283 by chance$42.00
  • Match 35,032≈ 5.0k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$2,940
  • Match 4 with Kicker62$168
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,176$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈269k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,032 winners, 0% more than the 5.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,300,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$2,940
    Match 54$735
    Match 4 with Kicker62$168
    Match 4296$42.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,176$4.00
    Match 35,032$1.00
    Totals6,572—