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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 22 August 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 25
  2. 32
  3. 33
  4. 35
  5. 36
  6. 40

Jackpot$5,000,000

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 1,937 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-08-20All recent draws2022-08-24 →

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 feed25 32 33 35 36 4029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

22oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 22 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum95th
  • odd50th
  • low1th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 242 of each

25251times
32257times
33250times
35243times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 244kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$36.9Kto 5.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$11K
  • Match 5 with Kicker14%$5.1K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$9.6K
  • 3 other tiers30%$11.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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222times
40240times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,936 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 5 of 6 numbers (25, 32, 33, 35, 40) with the draw of 20 August 2022 — its closest relative in 1,936 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 3.9% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2022): 25, 32, 33, 35, 40 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

201

The numbers add up to 201 — the 95th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 32–33, 35–36. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 7 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 →
$5,000,000
  • Match 59≈ 5.0 by chance$319
  • Match 4262≈ 257 by chance$42.10
  • Match 34,568≈ 4.6k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker4$1,276
  • Match 4 with Kicker57$168
  • Match 3 with Kicker928$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈244k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,568 winners, 0% more than the 4.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,000,000
    Match 5 with Kicker4$1,276
    Match 59$319
    Match 4 with Kicker57$168
    Match 4262$42.10
    Match 3 with Kicker928$4.00
    Match 34,568$1.00
    Totals5,828—