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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
Mega Millions · draw
ResultMega Millions
Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at
Rules5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999draw 143 of 172 under them
SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:47 UTC.
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 142 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 2 October 1998 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Every number was expected about that many times after 142 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.
| Match | Winners | Prize each |
|---|---|---|
| Match 0 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | $2.00 |
| Match 1 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | $3.00 |
| Match 2 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | $10.00 |
| Match 3 | 0 | $7.00 |
| Match 3 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | $150 |
| Match 4 | 0 | $150 |
| Match 4 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | $10,000 |
| Match 5 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Match 5 plus Bonus Ball | 0 | — |