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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 1 October 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 24
  4. 38
  5. 43
  6. 44

Jackpot$7,700,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,328 of 2,591 under them

← 2018-09-29All recent draws2018-10-03 →

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 feed1 5 24 38 43 4429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap78th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 166 of each

1157times
5186times
24166times
38163times
43

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163times
44151times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,327 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 (1, 5, 24) with the draw of 9 July 2018 — its closest relative in 1,327 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 September 2018): 43 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

155

The numbers add up to 155 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 43–44. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 36 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 0.7× 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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