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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 23
  4. 30
  5. 33
  6. 37

Jackpot$6,900,000

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 1,956 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-10-03All recent draws2022-10-08 →

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 23 30 33 3729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 October 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread24th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 244 of each

7221times
8275times
23247times
30228times
33

Prize breakdown · 2022-10-05

  • Lines in play≈ 339kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$48.3Kto 8.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 428%$13.5K
  • Match 5 with Kicker16%$7.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker27%$12.8K
  • 3 other tiers29%$14.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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254times
37250times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,955 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 (7, 8, 23, 37) with the draw of 23 March 2020 — its closest relative in 1,955 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 October 2022): 23 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 39th 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

8 had not appeared for 17 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 31% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,900,000
  • Match 55≈ 7.0 by chance$484
  • Match 4341≈ 357 by chance$39.60
  • Match 36,346≈ 6.3k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker4$1,936
  • Match 4 with Kicker81$158
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,359$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈339k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,346 winners, 0% more than the 6.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,900,000
    Match 5 with Kicker4$1,936
    Match 55$484
    Match 4 with Kicker81$158
    Match 4341$39.60
    Match 3 with Kicker1,359$4.00
    Match 36,346$1.00
    Totals8,136—