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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 25 February 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 17
  3. 28
  4. 40
  5. 41
  6. 46

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,078 of 2,591 under them

← 2017-02-22All recent draws2017-02-27 →

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 feed10 17 28 40 41 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 February 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 135 of each

10133times
17147times
28139times
40146times
41

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142times
46139times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,077 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 (10, 28, 40, 41) with the draw of 21 January 2017 — its closest relative in 1,077 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 69% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 February 2017): 10, 46 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

182

The numbers add up to 182 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 9 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 49% of the jackpot.

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

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