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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 1 January 2025

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 40
  6. 42

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 2,307 of 2,591 under them

← 2024-12-30All recent draws2025-01-04 →

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 feed4 6 22 23 40 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 January 2025 — 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 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread61th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 288 of each

4295times
6292times
22286times
23299times
40

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-01

  • Lines in play≈ 259kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.9Kto 6.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$8.3K
  • Match 428%$11.1K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$10.3K
  • 2 other tiers24%$9.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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285times
42288times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,306 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 5 of 6 numbers (6, 22, 23, 40, 42) with the draw of 23 March 2024 — its closest relative in 2,306 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 4.6% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2024): 22 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 21 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 →
$3,800,000
  • Match 54≈ 5.3 by chance$2,065
  • Match 4276≈ 272 by chance$40.20
  • Match 34,839≈ 4.8k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker64$161
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,112$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈259k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,839 winners, 0% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 54$2,065
    Match 4 with Kicker64$161
    Match 4276$40.20
    Match 3 with Kicker1,112$4.00
    Match 34,839$1.00
    Totals6,295—