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Mega Millions · draw

Tuesday, 17 March 1998

ResultMega Millions

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 39
  5. 42
  6. 10

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999draw 86 of 172 under them

← 1998-03-13All recent draws1998-03-20 →

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 feed13 23 24 39 42 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Mega Millions was a 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 85 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 March 1998 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd66th
  • low66th
  • widest gap40th
  • neighbours80th
  • spread28th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

138times
2310times
2411times
395times
42

Prize breakdown · 1998-03-17

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 50 winners$250.0K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50$250,000
  2. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball0$10,000
  3. Match 40$150
  4. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball

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14times
Stars · a separate 1-of-25 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

101time

Every number was expected about that many times after 85 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 2 of 5 numbers (24, 42) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 February 1998 — its closest relative in 85 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 March 1998): nothing carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 66th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 21 draws. A number waits about 10 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 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0
$150
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball0$10.00
  • Match 30$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball0$3.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball0$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball0$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball0$3.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball0$10.00
    Match 30$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball0$150
    Match 40$150
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball0$10,000
    Match 50$250,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0—