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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 28 January 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 20
  3. 21
  4. 27
  5. 43
  6. 45

Jackpot$9,678,434

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 739 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 feed14 20 21 27 43 4529 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 82% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread25th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 90 of each

1478times
2093times
2170times
2793times
43

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-28

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$9.7M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$9,678,434
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$9,678,434

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83times
4594times

Every number was expected about that many times after 738 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 3 of 6 numbers (21, 27, 45) with the draw of 19 March 2016 — its closest relative in 738 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 January 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

170

The numbers add up to 170 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 13 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 46% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →