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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 15 April 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 24
  5. 29
  6. 42

Jackpot$716,655

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 761 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 feed17 18 21 24 29 4229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 April 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread9th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 93 of each

1795times
1895times
2173times
24101times
29

Prize breakdown · 2017-04-15

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$716.7K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60$716,655
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$716,655

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103times
4297times

Every number was expected about that many times after 760 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 (17, 18, 21) with the draw of 12 November 2016 — its closest relative in 760 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 April 2017): 42 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 12 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 37% of the jackpot.

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

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