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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 20
  3. 32
  4. 33
  5. 41
  6. 46

Jackpot$8,200,000

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 1,842 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-01-10All recent draws2022-01-15 →

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 feed7 20 32 33 41 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread66th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 230 of each

7202times
20208times
32244times
33231times
41

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-12

  • Lines in play≈ 401kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$58.8Kto 9.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 515%$9K
  • Match 430%$17.6K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$15.2K
  • 3 other tiers29%$17K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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245times
46244times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,841 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 (7, 20, 32, 33) with the draw of 23 October 2021 — its closest relative in 1,841 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 January 2022): 32, 33, 46 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

179

The numbers add up to 179 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 32–33. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 5 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 57% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$8,200,000
  • Match 510≈ 8.2 by chance$904
  • Match 4403≈ 422 by chance$43.60
  • Match 37,508≈ 7.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$3,616
  • Match 4 with Kicker87$174
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,475$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈401k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,508 winners, 0% more than the 7.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$8,200,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$3,616
    Match 510$904
    Match 4 with Kicker87$174
    Match 4403$43.60
    Match 3 with Kicker1,475$4.00
    Match 37,508$1.00
    Totals9,484—