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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 8 October 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 31
  3. 38
  4. 40
  5. 41
  6. 44

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 680 of 1,728 under them

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Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 31 38 40 41 4429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd48th
  • low5th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread14th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 83 of each

1772times
3187times
3889times
4097times
41

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74times
4474times

Every number was expected about that many times after 679 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 (38, 40, 44) with the draw of 21 September 2016 — its closest relative in 679 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 October 2016): 31 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

211

The numbers add up to 211 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 11 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 66% of the jackpot.

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

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