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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 2 May 2026

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 16
  4. 18
  5. 35
  6. 41

Jackpot$1,800,000

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 2,515 of 2,592 under them

← 2026-04-29All recent draws2026-05-04 →

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 feed5 6 16 18 35 4129 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 314 of each

5340times
6322times
16292times
18318times
35

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 229kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$40.6Kto 5.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 38lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 427%$11K
  • Match 4 with Kicker28%$11.3K
  • Match 3 with Kicker13%$5.4K
  • 3 other tiers32%$12.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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317times
41339times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,514 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 (5, 18, 35, 41) with the draw of 5 February 2020 — its closest relative in 2,514 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 April 2026): 6 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

121

The numbers add up to 121 — the 21th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 15 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 →
$1,700,000
  • Match 53≈ 4.7 by chance$1,232
  • Match 4247≈ 241 by chance$44.70
  • Match 34,280≈ 4.3k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$4,928
  • Match 4 with Kicker63$179
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,355$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈229k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,280 winners, 0% more than the 4.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,700,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$4,928
    Match 53$1,232
    Match 4 with Kicker63$179
    Match 4247$44.70
    Match 3 with Kicker1,355$4.00
    Match 34,280$1.00
    Totals5,949—