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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 3 May 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 4
  4. 7
  5. 24
  6. 26

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 2,046 of 2,591 under them

← 2023-05-01All recent draws2023-05-06 →

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 2 4 7 24 2629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd21th
  • low95th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 256 of each

1264times
2238times
4259times
7233times
24

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-03

  • Lines in play≈ 345kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$49.2Kto 8.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 423%$11.3K
  • Match 313%$6.5K
  • Match 4 with Kicker30%$15K
  • 3 other tiers34%$16.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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248times
26241times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,045 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 (1, 2, 7, 26) with the draw of 26 December 2015 — its closest relative in 2,045 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

64

The numbers add up to 64 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 8 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 3.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,700,000
  • Match 514≈ 7.1 by chance$390
  • Match 4344≈ 363 by chance$32.80
  • Match 36,459≈ 6.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker3$1,560
  • Match 4 with Kicker114$131
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,599$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈345k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,459 winners, 0% fewer than the 6.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,700,000
    Match 5 with Kicker3$1,560
    Match 514$390
    Match 4 with Kicker114$131
    Match 4344$32.80
    Match 3 with Kicker1,599$4.00
    Match 36,459$1.00
    Totals8,533—