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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 22 October 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 14
  4. 18
  5. 38
  6. 41

Jackpot$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,337 of 2,591 under them

← 2018-10-20All recent draws2018-10-24 →

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 feed4 13 14 18 38 4129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 October 2018 — 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.

  • sum28th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap83th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread55th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 167 of each

4177times
13168times
14168times
18155times
38

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167times
41175times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,336 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 (13, 18, 38, 41) with the draw of 28 October 2017 — its closest relative in 1,336 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 October 2018): 14 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 28th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 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 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 50% of the jackpot.

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

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