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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 29 January 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 33
  3. 34
  4. 40
  5. 42
  6. 47

Jackpot$8,900,000

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 1,849 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-01-26All recent draws2022-01-31 →

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 feed15 33 34 40 42 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread32th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 231 of each

15243times
33232times
34234times
40228times
42

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-29

  • Lines in play≈ 548kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$9Mto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 43lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 699%$8.9M
  • Match 40.3%$25.1K
  • Match 4 with Kicker0.2%$18.1K
  • 4 other tiers0.4%$34.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.04 by chance

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239times
47247times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,848 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 (34, 40, 42, 47) with the draw of 14 March 2018 — its closest relative in 1,848 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 January 2022): 47 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

211

The numbers add up to 211 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 33–34. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 17 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 72% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$8,900,000
  • Match 516≈ 11 by chance$835
  • Match 4547≈ 577 by chance$45.80
  • Match 310,252≈ 10k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$3,340
  • Match 4 with Kicker99$183
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,976$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈548k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 547 winners, 5% fewer than the 577 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$8,900,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$3,340
    Match 516$835
    Match 4 with Kicker99$183
    Match 4547$45.80
    Match 3 with Kicker1,976$4.00
    Match 310,252$1.00
    Totals12,892—