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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 8 May 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 7
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 46
  6. 47

Jackpot$5,600,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,109 of 2,590 under them

← 2017-05-06All recent draws2017-05-10 →

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 7 21 22 46 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread97th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 139 of each

1128times
7127times
21147times
22144times
46

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140times
47156times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,108 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 (1, 7, 22, 47) with the draw of 7 October 2015 — its closest relative in 1,108 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 70% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 May 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22, 46–47. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

46 had not appeared for 31 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

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