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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 30 April 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 30
  3. 31
  4. 38
  5. 39
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,453,151

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 661 of 1,909 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, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 30 31 38 39 4229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 April 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd20th
  • low5th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 81 of each

869times
3092times
3182times
3867times
39

Prize breakdown · 2016-04-30

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$1.5M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$1,453,151
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$1,453,151

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67times
4287times

Every number was expected about that many times after 660 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 (8, 30, 31, 42) with the draw of 14 July 2012 — its closest relative in 660 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 48% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 April 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

188

The numbers add up to 188 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31, 38–39. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 25 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 51% of the jackpot.

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

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