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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 6 April 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 16
  3. 34
  4. 35
  5. 45
  6. 49

Jackpot$9,600,000

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 1,280 of 1,910 under them

← 2022-04-02All recent draws2022-04-09 →

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 feed2 16 34 35 45 4929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 April 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread98th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 157 of each

2146times
16146times
34164times
35181times
45

Prize breakdown · 2022-04-06

  • Lines in play≈ 174kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$25.8Kto 3.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 510%$2.5K
  • Match 466%$17.1K
  • Match 324%$6.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$9,600,000
  2. Match 5

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165times
49164times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,279 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 (2, 35, 45) with the draw of 21 April 2021 — its closest relative in 1,279 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 April 2022): 16 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

181

The numbers add up to 181 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 16 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 65% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1≈ 3.2 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4171≈ 169 by chance$100
  • Match 33,077≈ 3.1k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈174k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,077 winners, 0% more than the 3.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$9,600,000
    Match 51$2,500
    Match 4171$100
    Match 33,077$2.00
    Totals3,249—