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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 14 September 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 18
  3. 19
  4. 22
  5. 26
  6. 45

Jackpot$4,857,378

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 700 of 1,909 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, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 18 19 22 26 4529 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 September 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 86 of each

394times
1887times
1982times
2277times
26

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-14

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$4.9M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$4,857,378
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$4,857,378

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100times
4590times

Every number was expected about that many times after 699 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 (18, 22, 26) with the draw of 14 October 2015 — its closest relative in 699 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 September 2016): 18 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 30th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

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