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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 2 May 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 23
  3. 30
  4. 42
  5. 44
  6. 46

Jackpot$3,800,000

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

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,576 of 2,592 under them

← 2020-04-29All recent draws2020-05-04 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed20 23 30 42 44 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 197 of each

20174times
23204times
30183times
42200times
44

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 274kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.5Kto 1.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 171lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 517%$6.7K
  • Match 431%$11.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker32%$12.4K
  • 2 other tiers20%$7.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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178times
46210times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,575 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 (30, 44, 46) with the draw of 27 November 2019 — its closest relative in 1,575 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 April 2020): 44, 46 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

205

The numbers add up to 205 — the 96th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 14 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,800,000
  • Match 510≈ 5.6 by chance$668
  • Match 4288≈ 288 by chance$41.00
  • Match 30≈ 5.1k by chanceno winners
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$2,672
  • Match 4 with Kicker76$163
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,226$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈274k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 5.1k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$2,672
    Match 510$668
    Match 4 with Kicker76$163
    Match 4288$41.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,226$4.00
    Match 30$0.00