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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 1 January 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 18
  3. 22
  4. 30
  5. 35
  6. 42

Jackpot$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,211 of 2,590 under them

← 2017-12-30All recent draws2018-01-03 →

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 feed13 18 22 30 35 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread21th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 151 of each

13157times
18136times
22157times
30133times
35

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148times
42158times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,210 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 3 of 6 numbers (13, 18, 22) with the draw of 28 October 2017 — its closest relative in 1,210 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2017): 13, 35 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

160

The numbers add up to 160 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 19 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

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