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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 4 April 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 11
  4. 28
  5. 41
  6. 48

Jackpot$3,700,000

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 1,877 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-04-02All recent draws2022-04-06 →

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 feed5 7 11 28 41 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 April 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 235 of each

5257times
7210times
11237times
28238times
41

Prize breakdown · 2022-04-04

  • Lines in play≈ 209kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$30.7Kto 5.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 428%$8.5K
  • Match 5 with Kicker18%$5.6K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$7.9K
  • 3 other tiers28%$8.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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253times
48220times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,876 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 (5, 7, 11, 41) with the draw of 6 February 2013 — its closest relative in 1,876 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 April 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 41th 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

11 had not appeared for 15 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,700,000
  • Match 51≈ 4.3 by chance$706
  • Match 4233≈ 220 by chance$36.60
  • Match 33,906≈ 3.9k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$2,823
  • Match 4 with Kicker54$146
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,013$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈209k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,906 winners, 0% more than the 3.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,700,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$2,823
    Match 51$706
    Match 4 with Kicker54$146
    Match 4233$36.60
    Match 3 with Kicker1,013$4.00
    Match 33,906$1.00
    Totals5,209—