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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 3 May 2014

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 31
  3. 35
  4. 40
  5. 41
  6. 48

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 426 of 1,724 under them

← 2014-04-30All recent draws2014-05-07 →

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 feed16 31 35 40 41 4829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 57% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd48th
  • low5th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread29th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 52 of each

1672times
3147times
3555times
4060times
41

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43times
4853times

Every number was expected about that many times after 425 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 (16, 35, 48) with the draw of 31 July 2013 — its closest relative in 425 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2014): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

211

The numbers add up to 211 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 66% of the jackpot.

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

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