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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 23
  3. 29
  4. 43
  5. 46
  6. 49

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 9 of 1,728 under them

← 2010-05-01All recent draws2010-05-08 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed9 23 29 43 46 4929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 May 2010 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd94th
  • low20th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

90times
231time
292times
431time
46

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1time
491time

Every number was expected about that many times after 8 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 2 of 6 numbers (46, 49) with the draw of 24 April 2010 — its closest relative in 8 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2010): 43 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

199

The numbers add up to 199 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 5 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 52% of the jackpot.

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

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