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Mega-Sena · draw

Wednesday, 17 September 2008

ResultMega-Sena

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 12
  4. 37
  5. 41
  6. 42

JackpotR$12,989,452

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 1,005 of 3,065 under them

← 2008-09-13All recent draws2008-09-20 →

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 6 12 37 41 4229 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 September 2008 — 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 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd22th
  • low50th
  • widest gap82th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread26th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 100 of each

4110times
688times
12108times
37109times
41

Prize breakdown · 2008-09-17

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outR$15.6Mto 5.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2,306lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.27

Where the money went

  • Match 683%R$13M
  • Match 58.5%R$1.3M
  • Match 48.5%R$1.3M
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.27 by chanceR$12,989,452

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117times
42115times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,004 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 4 of 6 numbers (4, 6, 12, 41) with the draw of 9 March 2002 — its closest relative in 1,004 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 35% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 September 2008): nothing carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

142

The numbers add up to 142 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 183. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 14 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 76% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
Match 5
67≈ 89 by chance
R$19,749
  • Match 45,871≈ 5.9k by chanceR$225
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 5,871 winners, 0% more than the 5.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61R$12,989,452
    Match 567R$19,749
    Match 45,871R$225
    Totals5,939—