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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 18 February 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 24
  2. 28
  3. 33
  4. 43
  5. 46
  6. 47

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,075 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 feed24 28 33 43 46 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 February 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread7th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 134 of each

24134times
28138times
33136times
43129times
46

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136times
47150times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,074 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 (28, 33, 43, 47) with the draw of 14 September 2013 — its closest relative in 1,074 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 February 2017): 28 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

221

The numbers add up to 221 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 46–47. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 41 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 65% of the jackpot.

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

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