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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 17 March 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. 25
  6. 28

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 305 of 2,590 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, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 3 4 5 25 2829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 March 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap83th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread15th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

139times
338times
443times
544times
25

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39times
2852times

Every number was expected about that many times after 304 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 (3, 4, 5, 25) with the draw of 7 June 2010 — its closest relative in 304 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 28% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 March 2012): 5, 28 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

66

The numbers add up to 66 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4, 4–5. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 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.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 3.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

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