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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Saturday, 17 March 2018

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 25
  5. 35
  6. 6

Jackpot$18,000,000

The crowdHeld 6% more than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010draw 857 of 1,752 under them

← 2018-03-14All recent draws2018-03-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed10 11 16 25 35 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

1086times
1188times
1690times
25108times
35

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-17

  • Lines in play≈ 2.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$486.1Kto 116k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 23lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball0 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Mega Ball16%$79.1K
  • Match 331%$151.2K
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball15%$74.3K
  • 5 other tiers37%$181.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball0≈ 0.06 by chance

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83times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 32 of each

636times

Every number was expected about that many times after 856 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (10, 11, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 March 2017 — its closest relative in 856 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 March 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 21th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. Side-by-side numbers: 10–11. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 27 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$18,000,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.7 by chance$41,307
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball15≈ 13 by chance$1,376
  • Match 4364≈ 350 by chance$94.00
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball606≈ 551 by chance$51.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball7,906≈ 7.3k by chance$10.00
  • Match 315,123≈ 14k by chance$10.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball37,158≈ 36k by chance$2.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball54,453≈ 54k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 + Mega Ball — 606 winners, 10% more than the 551 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Mega Ball0$18,000,000
    Match 51$41,307
    Match 4 + Mega Ball15$1,376
    Match 4364$94.00
    Match 3 + Mega Ball606$51.00
    Match 315,123$10.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball7,906$10.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball37,158$2.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball54,453$1.00
    Totals115,626—