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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 12 October 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 14
  3. 24
  4. 30
  5. 38
  6. 41

Jackpot$7,200,000

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 1,959 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-10-10All recent draws2022-10-15 →

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 feed3 14 24 30 38 4129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 October 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread61th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 245 of each

3248times
14250times
24243times
30229times
38

Prize breakdown · 2022-10-12

  • Lines in play≈ 363kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$51.3Kto 8.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 429%$14.9K
  • Match 313%$6.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$13.4K
  • 3 other tiers32%$16.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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251times
41263times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,958 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 (3, 24, 38, 41) with the draw of 22 August 2012 — its closest relative in 1,958 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 October 2022): 41 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

150

The numbers add up to 150 — the 53th 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

24 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,200,000
  • Match 55≈ 7.5 by chance$840
  • Match 4356≈ 382 by chance$41.80
  • Match 36,788≈ 6.8k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$3,359
  • Match 4 with Kicker80$167
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,338$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈363k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,788 winners, 0% more than the 6.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,200,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$3,359
    Match 55$840
    Match 4 with Kicker80$167
    Match 4356$41.80
    Match 3 with Kicker1,338$4.00
    Match 36,788$1.00
    Totals8,569—