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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 1 May 2019

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 26
  3. 28
  4. 29
  5. 38
  6. 40

Jackpot$1,802,698

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 974 of 1,910 under them

← 2019-04-27All recent draws2019-05-04 →

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 feed6 26 28 29 38 4029 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 May 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd5th
  • low5th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 119 of each

6124times
26140times
28116times
29130times
38

Prize breakdown · 2019-05-01

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$1.8M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$1,802,698
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$1,802,698

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106times
4099times

Every number was expected about that many times after 973 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 (6, 26, 28, 29) with the draw of 24 April 2019 — its closest relative in 973 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 April 2019): 29 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

167

The numbers add up to 167 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 19 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 43% of the jackpot.

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

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