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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 11
  4. 17
  5. 23
  6. 36

Jackpot$4,000,000

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 2,367 of 2,592 under them

← 2025-05-19All recent draws2025-05-24 →

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 feed4 7 11 17 23 3629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread32th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 296 of each

4304times
7271times
11297times
17301times
23

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-21

  • Lines in play≈ 285kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$42.2Kto 7.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 426%$11K
  • Match 5 with Kicker15%$6.3K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$11.1K
  • 3 other tiers33%$13.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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308times
36284times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,366 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 (7, 17, 23, 36) with the draw of 10 June 2023 — its closest relative in 2,366 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2025): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 6th 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

11 had not appeared for 23 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 24% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,400,000
  • Match 57≈ 5.9 by chance$317
  • Match 4328≈ 300 by chance$33.50
  • Match 35,340≈ 5.3k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker5$1,266
  • Match 4 with Kicker83$134
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,539$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈285k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,340 winners, 0% more than the 5.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,400,000
    Match 5 with Kicker5$1,266
    Match 57$317
    Match 4 with Kicker83$134
    Match 4328$33.50
    Match 3 with Kicker1,539$4.00
    Match 35,340$1.00
    Totals7,302—