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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 28 February 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 13
  5. 37
  6. 42

Jackpot$2,200,000

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 1,862 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-02-26All recent draws2022-03-02 →

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 8 11 13 37 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 February 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum19th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread45th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 233 of each

7206times
8263times
11236times
13240times
37

Prize breakdown · 2022-02-28

  • Lines in play≈ 172kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$27.1Kto 4.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 38lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 520%$5.5K
  • Match 428%$7.6K
  • Match 4 with Kicker24%$6.6K
  • 2 other tiers27%$7.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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234times
42240times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,861 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, 11, 13, 37) with the draw of 24 January 2022 — its closest relative in 1,861 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 February 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,200,000
  • Match 57≈ 3.5 by chance$788
  • Match 4216≈ 181 by chance$35.30
  • Match 33,209≈ 3.2k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker47$141
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,033$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈172k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,209 winners, 0% more than the 3.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,200,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 57$788
    Match 4 with Kicker47$141
    Match 4216$35.30
    Match 3 with Kicker1,033$4.00
    Match 33,209$1.00
    Totals4,512—