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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 4 January 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 12
  4. 17
  5. 27
  6. 28

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 1,331 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 feed4 6 12 17 27 2829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread8th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 163 of each

4169times
6161times
12150times
17157times
27

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163times
28162times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,330 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 (4, 6, 17, 28) with the draw of 22 July 2020 — its closest relative in 1,330 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2022): 6, 27 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 17 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 3.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

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