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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 17 October 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 17
  5. 32
  6. 41

Jackpot$7,400,000

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 1,961 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-10-15All recent draws2022-10-19 →

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 9 10 17 32 4129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 October 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 245 of each

5268times
9245times
10235times
17249times
32

Prize breakdown · 2022-10-17

  • Lines in play≈ 325kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$46.4Kto 7.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 427%$12.5K
  • Match 5 with Kicker14%$6.5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker27%$12.6K
  • 3 other tiers32%$14.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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261times
41264times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,960 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 (9, 17, 32, 41) with the draw of 1 October 2022 — its closest relative in 1,960 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 October 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 14 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,400,000
  • Match 52≈ 6.7 by chance$1,614
  • Match 4356≈ 342 by chance$35.00
  • Match 36,084≈ 6.1k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$6,455
  • Match 4 with Kicker90$140
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,396$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈325k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,084 winners, 0% more than the 6.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,400,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$6,455
    Match 52$1,614
    Match 4 with Kicker90$140
    Match 4356$35.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,396$4.00
    Match 36,084$1.00
    Totals7,929—