LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇺🇸 1-800-GAMBLERall helplines →

Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 22
  3. 26
  4. 37
  5. 39
  6. 43

Jackpot$8,608,621

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 840 of 1,909 under them

← 2018-01-13All recent draws2018-01-20 →

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 feed4 22 26 37 39 4329 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread62th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 103 of each

489times
2295times
26120times
3799times
39

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-17

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$8.6M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$8,608,621
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$8,608,621

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

93times
43103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 839 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 3 of 6 numbers (26, 39, 43) with the draw of 13 September 2017 — its closest relative in 839 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 January 2018): 43 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

171

The numbers add up to 171 — the 73th 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

26 had not appeared for 13 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 55% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →