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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 26 March 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 14
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 44
  6. 45

Jackpot$9,200,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,277 of 1,910 under them

← 2022-03-23All recent draws2022-03-30 →

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 feed1 14 17 20 44 4529 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 March 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 156 of each

1165times
14131times
17149times
20144times
44

Prize breakdown · 2022-03-26

  • Lines in play≈ 192kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$39Kto 3.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 538%$15K
  • Match 444%$17.2K
  • Match 317%$6.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$9,200,000
  2. Match 5

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150times
45164times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,276 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 (1, 14, 17, 20) with the draw of 22 March 2017 — its closest relative in 1,276 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 March 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 39th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 44–45. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 15 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 3.5 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4172≈ 186 by chance$100
  • Match 33,392≈ 3.4k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈192k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,392 winners, 0% more than the 3.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$9,200,000
    Match 56$2,500
    Match 4172$100
    Match 33,392$2.00
    Totals3,570—