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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 16
  4. 21
  5. 26
  6. 33

Jackpot$3,700,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 1,261 of 1,728 under them

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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 feed3 4 16 21 26 3329 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread22th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 154 of each

3140times
4159times
16170times
21157times
26

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148times
33156times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,260 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 4 of 6 numbers (3, 4, 21, 33) with the draw of 9 October 2019 — its closest relative in 1,260 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2022): 3, 21 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

4 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.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 30% of the jackpot.

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

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