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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 18 October 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 14
  5. 25
  6. 38

Jackpot$8,700,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,179 of 2,591 under them

← 2017-10-16All recent draws2017-10-21 →

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 feed3 4 13 14 25 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 October 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 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread45th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 147 of each

3151times
4151times
13153times
14146times
25

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152times
38151times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,178 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, 14, 25) with the draw of 31 August 2013 — its closest relative in 1,178 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 October 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4, 13–14. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 17 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 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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