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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 31 July 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 23
  6. 36

Jackpot$5,200,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,145 of 2,590 under them

← 2017-07-29All recent draws2017-08-02 →

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 feed9 15 16 17 23 3629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 July 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread15th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 143 of each

9151times
15144times
16130times
17158times
23

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149times
36112times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,144 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 (9, 15, 16, 17) with the draw of 30 November 2016 — its closest relative in 1,144 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 July 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 16–17. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 24 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 29% of the jackpot.

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

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