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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 8 October 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 18
  3. 20
  4. 37
  5. 38
  6. 45

Jackpot$5,627,184

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 707 of 1,909 under them

← 2016-10-05All recent draws2016-10-12 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 18 20 37 38 4529 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

74oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 74 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 86 of each

397times
1888times
2087times
3786times
38

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-08

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$5.6M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$5,627,184
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$5,627,184

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73times
4591times

Every number was expected about that many times after 706 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 (20, 37, 38, 45) with the draw of 11 October 2014 — its closest relative in 706 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 October 2016): 3 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 35 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 51% of the jackpot.

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

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