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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 14 May 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 28
  3. 33
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 47

Jackpot$5,400,000

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 1,894 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-05-11All recent draws2022-05-16 →

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 28 33 36 37 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 237 of each

6226times
28240times
33241times
36217times
37

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-14

  • Lines in play≈ 356kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$52.5Kto 8.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 431%$16.4K
  • Match 5 with Kicker14%$7.5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker24%$12.7K
  • 3 other tiers30%$15.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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242times
47256times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,893 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 3 of 6 numbers (33, 37, 47) with the draw of 18 April 2022 — its closest relative in 1,893 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 2022): 36, 37 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

187

The numbers add up to 187 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 62% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,400,000
  • Match 52≈ 7.3 by chance$1,872
  • Match 4365≈ 375 by chance$44.80
  • Match 36,658≈ 6.7k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$7,486
  • Match 4 with Kicker71$179
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,383$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈356k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,658 winners, 0% more than the 6.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,400,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$7,486
    Match 52$1,872
    Match 4 with Kicker71$179
    Match 4365$44.80
    Match 3 with Kicker1,383$4.00
    Match 36,658$1.00
    Totals8,480—