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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 4 March 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 19
  4. 20
  5. 44
  6. 47

Jackpot$11,051,331

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 749 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 feed17 18 19 20 44 4729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 March 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread22th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 92 of each

1793times
1894times
1989times
2094times
44

Prize breakdown · 2017-03-04

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$11.1M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60$11,051,331
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$11,051,331

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92times
4786times

Every number was expected about that many times after 748 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 (17, 18, 44) with the draw of 12 November 2016 — its closest relative in 748 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 March 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

165

The numbers add up to 165 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 18–19, 19–20. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 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.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

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