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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 3 March 2025

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 18
  3. 25
  4. 26
  5. 28
  6. 44

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 2,333 of 2,591 under them

← 2025-03-01All recent draws2025-03-05 →

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 feed3 18 25 26 28 4429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 March 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 292 of each

3297times
18293times
25307times
26281times
28

Prize breakdown · 2025-03-03

  • Lines in play≈ 139kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$23.3Kto 3.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$4.9K
  • Match 425%$5.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker30%$7K
  • 2 other tiers24%$5.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$1,000,000

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293times
44282times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,332 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 (3, 18, 26, 28) with the draw of 13 May 2024 — its closest relative in 2,332 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 March 2025): 28 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 11 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 29% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 54≈ 2.9 by chance$1,228
  • Match 4127≈ 147 by chance$45.10
  • Match 32,605≈ 2.6k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker39$180
  • Match 3 with Kicker761$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈139k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,605 winners, 0% more than the 2.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,000,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 54$1,228
    Match 4 with Kicker39$180
    Match 4127$45.10
    Match 3 with Kicker761$4.00
    Match 32,605$1.00
    Totals3,536—