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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 20 February 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 23
  4. 27
  5. 44
  6. 46

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 2,015 of 2,591 under them

← 2023-02-18All recent draws2023-02-22 →

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 5 23 27 44 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 February 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 252 of each

2231times
5278times
23251times
27227times
44

Prize breakdown · 2023-02-20

  • Lines in play≈ 206kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$31.5Kto 5.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 429%$9.1K
  • Match 5 with Kicker18%$5.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$8.2K
  • 3 other tiers27%$8.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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240times
46268times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,014 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 (23, 27, 44, 46) with the draw of 7 February 2022 — its closest relative in 2,014 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 February 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 49th 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

23 had not appeared for 26 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,600,000
  • Match 52≈ 4.2 by chance$478
  • Match 4198≈ 217 by chance$45.80
  • Match 33,856≈ 3.9k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker3$1,912
  • Match 4 with Kicker45$183
  • Match 3 with Kicker901$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈206k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,856 winners, 0% more than the 3.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,600,000
    Match 5 with Kicker3$1,912
    Match 52$478
    Match 4 with Kicker45$183
    Match 4198$45.80
    Match 3 with Kicker901$4.00
    Match 33,856$1.00
    Totals5,005—