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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 25
  5. 36
  6. 37

Jackpot$3,575,428

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 920 of 1,910 under them

← 2018-10-20All recent draws2018-10-27 →

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 feed5 8 9 25 36 3729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread29th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 113 of each

5122times
899times
9115times
25113times
36

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-24

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$3.6M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$3,575,428
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$3,575,428

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128times
37108times

Every number was expected about that many times after 919 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 (5, 8, 25, 36) with the draw of 2 May 2018 — its closest relative in 919 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 60% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 October 2018): 36 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 36–37. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 29 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 34% of the jackpot.

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

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