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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 25
  3. 33
  4. 40
  5. 44
  6. 48

Jackpot$1,572,307

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 770 of 1,909 under them

← 2017-05-13All recent draws2017-05-20 →

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 feed6 25 33 40 44 4829 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 94 of each

6100times
2595times
3396times
4076times
44

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-17

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$1.6M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$1,572,307
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$1,572,307

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96times
4897times

Every number was expected about that many times after 769 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 4 of 6 numbers (6, 25, 40, 48) with the draw of 3 May 2017 — its closest relative in 769 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 53% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2017): 25 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

196

The numbers add up to 196 — the 92th 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

44 had not appeared for 15 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 64% of the jackpot.

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

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