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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 17
  3. 19
  4. 40
  5. 46
  6. 47

Jackpot$3,383,021

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 918 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 feed5 17 19 40 46 4729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 October 2018 — 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 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each

5121times
17113times
19104times
4093times
46

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-17

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$3.4M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$3,383,021
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$3,383,021

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111times
47105times

Every number was expected about that many times after 917 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 (5, 17, 19, 40) with the draw of 11 November 2017 — its closest relative in 917 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 60% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 October 2018): 17, 46 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

174

The numbers add up to 174 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 46–47. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 25 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 54% of the jackpot.

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

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