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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 29 October 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 18
  3. 29
  4. 40
  5. 47
  6. 49

Jackpot$6,232,036

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 713 of 1,909 under them

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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 feed9 18 29 40 47 4929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd77th
  • low20th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

991times
1890times
2999times
4067times
47

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-29

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$6.2M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$6,232,036
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$6,232,036

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79times
4993times

Every number was expected about that many times after 712 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (9, 18, 29) with the draw of 12 October 2016 — its closest relative in 712 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 October 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

192

The numbers add up to 192 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

47 had not appeared for 31 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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