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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 22 October 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 16
  3. 31
  4. 34
  5. 47
  6. 48

Jackpot$7,600,000

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 1,963 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-10-19All recent draws2022-10-24 →

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 feed1 16 31 34 47 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread99th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 245 of each

1249times
16223times
31264times
34247times
47

Prize breakdown · 2022-10-22

  • Lines in play≈ 469kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$65.9Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 514%$9.1K
  • Match 431%$20.2K
  • Match 4 with Kicker24%$16.1K
  • 3 other tiers31%$20.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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263times
48228times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,962 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 4 of 6 numbers (1, 16, 31, 47) with the draw of 11 September 2021 — its closest relative in 1,962 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 October 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

177

The numbers add up to 177 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 47–48. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

48 had not appeared for 50 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,600,000
  • Match 515≈ 9.6 by chance$609
  • Match 4481≈ 494 by chance$41.90
  • Match 38,782≈ 8.8k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$2,435
  • Match 4 with Kicker96$168
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,718$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈469k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,782 winners, 0% more than the 8.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,600,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$2,435
    Match 515$609
    Match 4 with Kicker96$168
    Match 4481$41.90
    Match 3 with Kicker1,718$4.00
    Match 38,782$1.00
    Totals11,094—