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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 16 May 2026

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 21
  3. 29
  4. 33
  5. 42
  6. 43

Jackpot$2,400,000

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 2,521 of 2,591 under them

← 2026-05-13All recent draws2026-05-18 →

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 feed10 21 29 33 42 4327 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread36th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 315 of each

10299times
21327times
29287times
33336times
42

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 242kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$43Kto 6.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 427%$11.4K
  • Match 4 with Kicker28%$12.2K
  • Match 3 with Kicker13%$5.7K
  • 3 other tiers32%$13.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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318times
43309times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,520 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (10, 29, 33) with the draw of 29 April 2026 — its closest relative in 2,520 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2026): 33 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

178

The numbers add up to 178 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

43 had not appeared for 25 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 51% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,300,000
  • Match 510≈ 5.0 by chance$415
  • Match 4240≈ 255 by chance$47.60
  • Match 34,526≈ 4.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker3$1,662
  • Match 4 with Kicker64$190
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,427$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈242k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,526 winners, 0% more than the 4.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,300,000
    Match 5 with Kicker3$1,662
    Match 510$415
    Match 4 with Kicker64$190
    Match 4240$47.60
    Match 3 with Kicker1,427$4.00
    Match 34,526$1.00
    Totals6,270—