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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 6 January 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 38
  4. 39
  5. 42
  6. 47

Jackpot$8,197,712

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 837 of 1,909 under them

← 2018-01-03All recent draws2018-01-10 →

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 feed10 11 38 39 42 4729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 35% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

1091times
11111times
3887times
3991times
42

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-06

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$8.2M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$8,197,712
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$8,197,712

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105times
4796times

Every number was expected about that many times after 836 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 (10, 11, 38, 47) with the draw of 1 November 2017 — its closest relative in 836 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 56% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

187

The numbers add up to 187 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 10–11, 38–39. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 8 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 61% of the jackpot.

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

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