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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 22 September 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 16
  3. 20
  4. 25
  5. 28
  6. 46

Jackpot$3,400,000

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 1,794 of 2,592 under them

← 2021-09-20All recent draws2021-09-25 →

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 feed6 16 20 25 28 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 September 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 67% of every possible ticket.

  • sum43th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 224 of each

6215times
16200times
20196times
25228times
28

Prize breakdown · 2021-09-22

  • Lines in play≈ 229kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$35Kto 5.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 429%$10.2K
  • Match 5 with Kicker14%$5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$9.1K
  • 3 other tiers31%$10.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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228times
46237times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,793 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 (6, 16, 28, 46) with the draw of 27 April 2016 — its closest relative in 1,793 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 85% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 September 2021): 16 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 42th 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

25 had not appeared for 13 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 31% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,400,000
  • Match 54≈ 4.7 by chance$620
  • Match 4234≈ 241 by chance$43.60
  • Match 34,290≈ 4.3k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$2,481
  • Match 4 with Kicker52$174
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,002$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈229k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,290 winners, 0% more than the 4.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,400,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$2,481
    Match 54$620
    Match 4 with Kicker52$174
    Match 4234$43.60
    Match 3 with Kicker1,002$4.00
    Match 34,290$1.00
    Totals5,584—