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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 4 May 2013

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 37
  5. 38
  6. 40

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 481 of 2,591 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, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 12 16 37 38 4029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 May 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread45th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 60 of each

572times
1274times
1661times
3762times
38

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62times
4061times

Every number was expected about that many times after 480 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 (5, 16, 37, 38) with the draw of 23 January 2013 — its closest relative in 480 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 40% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2013): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 9 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 48% of the jackpot.

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

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