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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 18 March 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 11
  3. 14
  4. 23
  5. 40
  6. 43

Jackpot$4,200,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,379 of 1,910 under them

← 2023-03-15All recent draws2023-03-22 →

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 11 14 23 40 4329 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 March 2023 — 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 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 169 of each

6169times
11175times
14143times
23185times
40

Prize breakdown · 2023-03-18

  • Lines in play≈ 172kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$23.2Kto 3.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$2.5K
  • Match 463%$14.6K
  • Match 326%$6.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$4,200,000
  2. Match 5

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153times
43160times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,378 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 (14, 23, 40, 43) with the draw of 1 October 2022 — its closest relative in 1,378 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 March 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 34th 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

14 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 41% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1≈ 3.2 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4146≈ 167 by chance$100
  • Match 33,035≈ 3.0k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈172k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,035 winners, 0% more than the 3.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,200,000
    Match 51$2,500
    Match 4146$100
    Match 33,035$2.00
    Totals3,182—