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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 21
  6. 26

Jackpot$1,988,466

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 392 of 1,910 under them

← 2013-09-28All recent draws2013-10-05 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 12 16 17 21 2629 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 October 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd48th
  • low94th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread9th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 48 of each

154times
1257times
1643times
1743times
21

Prize breakdown · 2013-10-02

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$2M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$1,988,466
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$1,988,466

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34times
2657times

Every number was expected about that many times after 391 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 6 numbers (17, 21, 26) with the draw of 18 May 2013 — its closest relative in 391 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 September 2013): 12 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 27 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

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