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Mega-Sena · draw

Sunday, 5 October 1997

ResultMega-Sena

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 24
  5. 42
  6. 57

JackpotR$858,049

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

Rules6/60 · since Mar 1996draw 83 of 3,065 under them

← 1997-09-28All recent draws1997-10-12 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 15 16 24 42 5729 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 October 1997 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd22th
  • low78th
  • widest gap47th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread84th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

45times
157times
169times
249times
42

Prize breakdown · 1997-10-05

  • Lines in play≈ 11Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outR$1.4Mto 4.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,296lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 550%R$715K
  • Match 450%R$713.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.22 by chanceR$858,049
  2. Match 5

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7times
577times

Every number was expected about that many times after 82 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (4, 16, 57) with the draw of 3 November 1996 — its closest relative in 82 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 57% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 September 1997): 15 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

158

The numbers add up to 158 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 183. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 48 draws. A number waits about 10 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 72% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
76≈ 72 by chance
R$9,408
  • Match 44,756≈ 4.8k by chanceR$150
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈11M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 4,756 winners, 0% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60R$858,049
    Match 576R$9,408
    Match 44,756R$150
    Totals4,832—