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Megabucks Plus · draw

Wednesday, 17 May 2023

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 18
  3. 27
  4. 34
  5. 35
  6. 2

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2023draw 7 of 525 under them

← 2023-05-13All recent draws2023-05-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:47 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed15 18 27 34 35 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2023 — 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.

  • sum83th
  • odd64th
  • low32th
  • widest gap15th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread14th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

151time
180times
270times
340times
35

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0times
Stars · a separate 1-of-7 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

22times

Every number was expected about that many times after 6 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 1 of 5 numbers (15) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 May 2023 — its closest relative in 6 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2023): 15 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (14% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 1 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 4% of the jackpot.

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

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