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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 22
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 46
  6. 47

Jackpot$10,800,000

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 1,288 of 1,910 under them

← 2022-04-30All recent draws2022-05-07 →

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 feed14 22 26 27 46 4729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 158 of each

14134times
22134times
26176times
27165times
46

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-04

  • Lines in play≈ 204kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$24.4Kto 3.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 471%$17.2K
  • Match 329%$7.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$10,800,000
  2. Match 5

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137times
47156times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,287 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 (22, 26, 46, 47) with the draw of 15 September 2021 — its closest relative in 1,287 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

182

The numbers add up to 182 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27, 46–47. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 24 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 48% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 3.8 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4172≈ 197 by chance$100
  • Match 33,593≈ 3.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈204k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,593 winners, 0% more than the 3.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$10,800,000
    Match 50$2,500
    Match 4172$100
    Match 33,593$2.00
    Totals3,765—