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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 18 March 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 23
  3. 28
  4. 33
  5. 40
  6. 44

Jackpot$500,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 753 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 feed12 23 28 33 40 4429 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 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 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread29th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 92 of each

12107times
2397times
2892times
3393times
40

Prize breakdown · 2017-03-18

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$500K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60$500,000
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$500,000

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72times
4494times

Every number was expected about that many times after 752 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 4 of 6 numbers (23, 28, 40, 44) with the draw of 15 October 2014 — its closest relative in 752 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 March 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

180

The numbers add up to 180 — the 81th 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.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 17 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 54% of the jackpot.

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

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