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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 3 May 2025

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 29
  4. 40
  5. 41
  6. 48

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 2,359 of 2,591 under them

← 2025-04-30All recent draws2025-05-05 →

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 feed8 18 29 40 41 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 295 of each

8314times
18295times
29262times
40291times
41

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-03

  • Lines in play≈ 292kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$48.7Kto 7.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 427%$13.4K
  • Match 4 with Kicker28%$13.4K
  • Match 3 with Kicker13%$6.1K
  • 3 other tiers32%$15.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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321times
48273times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,358 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 (8, 18, 41, 48) with the draw of 5 March 2014 — its closest relative in 2,358 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2025): 29 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

184

The numbers add up to 184 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 18 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 48% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,600,000
  • Match 58≈ 6.0 by chance$648
  • Match 4318≈ 307 by chance$42.00
  • Match 35,458≈ 5.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$2,593
  • Match 4 with Kicker80$168
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,529$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈292k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,458 winners, 0% more than the 5.5k 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 Kicker2$2,593
    Match 58$648
    Match 4 with Kicker80$168
    Match 4318$42.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,529$4.00
    Match 35,458$1.00
    Totals7,395—