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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 28 October 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 26
  3. 33
  4. 40
  5. 41
  6. 44

Jackpot$6,005,692

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 817 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 feed4 26 33 40 41 4429 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd20th
  • low5th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 100 of each

486times
26117times
3399times
4084times
41

Prize breakdown · 2017-10-28

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$6M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$6,005,692
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$6,005,692

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93times
4498times

Every number was expected about that many times after 816 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 4 of 6 numbers (26, 40, 41, 44) with the draw of 16 November 2016 — its closest relative in 816 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 55% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 October 2017): 4, 26 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

188

The numbers add up to 188 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

44 had not appeared for 21 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 64% of the jackpot.

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

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