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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 7 May 2025

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 22
  4. 28
  5. 38
  6. 41

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 2,361 of 2,591 under them

← 2025-05-05All recent draws2025-05-10 →

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 6 22 28 38 4129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

78oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 78 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 97% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 295 of each

5316times
6298times
22294times
28296times
38

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-07

  • Lines in play≈ 222kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$36.4Kto 5.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 426%$9.3K
  • Match 5 with Kicker17%$6.2K
  • Match 4 with Kicker29%$10.6K
  • 3 other tiers28%$10.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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301times
41322times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,360 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 (5, 6, 22, 41) with the draw of 17 September 2016 — its closest relative in 2,360 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 May 2025): 5 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 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 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,800,000
  • Match 53≈ 4.6 by chance$514
  • Match 4222≈ 234 by chance$42.10
  • Match 34,155≈ 4.2k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker3$2,058
  • Match 4 with Kicker63$168
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,132$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈222k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,155 winners, 0% more than the 4.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker3$2,058
    Match 53$514
    Match 4 with Kicker63$168
    Match 4222$42.10
    Match 3 with Kicker1,132$4.00
    Match 34,155$1.00
    Totals5,578—