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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 12 May 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 15
  3. 18
  4. 26
  5. 29
  6. 44

Jackpot$2,677,228

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 873 of 1,909 under them

← 2018-05-09All recent draws2018-05-16 →

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 feed14 15 18 26 29 4429 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 93% of every possible ticket.

  • sum45th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread22th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 107 of each

1492times
1583times
18108times
26125times
29

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-12

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$2.7M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$2,677,228
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$2,677,228

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118times
44102times

Every number was expected about that many times after 872 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 (14, 15, 26) with the draw of 2 December 2017 — its closest relative in 872 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 May 2018): 18 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 45th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 37% of the jackpot.

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

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