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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 19 May 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 24
  2. 28
  3. 36
  4. 43
  5. 46
  6. 49

Jackpot$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 848 of 1,728 under them

← 2018-05-16All recent draws2018-05-23 →

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 feed24 28 36 43 46 4929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

22oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 22 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd20th
  • low5th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread9th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 104 of each

2496times
28104times
3695times
43120times
46

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118times
49104times

Every number was expected about that many times after 847 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 (28, 36, 43) with the draw of 2 May 2018 — its closest relative in 847 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2018): 28 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

226

The numbers add up to 226 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

49 had not appeared for 29 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 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 67% of the jackpot.

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

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