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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 22 October 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 17
  5. 34
  6. 44

Jackpot$5,980,910

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 711 of 1,909 under them

← 2016-10-19All recent draws2016-10-26 →

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 feed1 3 4 17 34 4429 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread82th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

190times
399times
463times
1787times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-22

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$6M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$5,980,910
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$5,980,910

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83times
4486times

Every number was expected about that many times after 710 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, 3, 4, 44) with the draw of 6 August 2016 — its closest relative in 710 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 October 2016): 34 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 22 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 36% of the jackpot.

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

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