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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 3 September 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 28
  3. 35
  4. 38
  5. 40
  6. 42

Jackpot$5,500,000

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 1,942 of 2,592 under them

← 2022-08-31All recent draws2022-09-05 →

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 28 35 38 40 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 September 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd21th
  • low5th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 243 of each

5265times
28246times
35245times
38248times
40

Prize breakdown · 2022-09-03

  • Lines in play≈ 374kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$53.6Kto 8.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$11.5K
  • Match 431%$16.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker24%$12.8K
  • 2 other tiers24%$12.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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242times
42248times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,941 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 (5, 28, 40) with the draw of 23 July 2022 — its closest relative in 1,941 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 August 2022): 40 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

188

The numbers add up to 188 — the 89th 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

42 had not appeared for 26 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 61% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,500,000
  • Match 56≈ 7.7 by chance$1,908
  • Match 4364≈ 394 by chance$46.20
  • Match 37,003≈ 7.0k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker69$185
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,400$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈374k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,003 winners, 0% more than the 7.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,500,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 56$1,908
    Match 4 with Kicker69$185
    Match 4364$46.20
    Match 3 with Kicker1,400$4.00
    Match 37,003$1.00
    Totals8,842—