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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 6 May 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 22
  3. 24
  4. 31
  5. 42
  6. 44

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 2,047 of 2,591 under them

← 2023-05-03All recent draws2023-05-08 →

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 feed10 22 24 31 42 4429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 May 2023 — 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 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum79th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread40th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 256 of each

10248times
22247times
24249times
31277times
42

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-06

  • Lines in play≈ 440kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$61.6Kto 10k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$13.1K
  • Match 433%$20.1K
  • Match 4 with Kicker22%$13.8K
  • 2 other tiers24%$14.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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261times
44245times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,046 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 (10, 22, 24, 42) with the draw of 4 July 2022 — its closest relative in 2,046 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 May 2023): 24 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

173

The numbers add up to 173 — the 78th 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

42 had not appeared for 18 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 40% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,800,000
  • Match 58≈ 9.0 by chance$1,641
  • Match 4468≈ 464 by chance$43.00
  • Match 38,240≈ 8.2k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker80$172
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,596$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈440k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,240 winners, 0% more than the 8.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 58$1,641
    Match 4 with Kicker80$172
    Match 4468$43.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,596$4.00
    Match 38,240$1.00
    Totals10,392—