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Mega Millions · draw

Friday, 17 May 2002

ResultMega Millions

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 18
  3. 25
  4. 33
  5. 47
  6. 30

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005draw 1 of 324 under them

← 2002-05-14All recent draws2002-05-21 →

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 25 33 47 + 3029 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Mega Millions was a 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 0 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 May 2002 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.

  • sum57th
  • odd90th
  • low66th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours33th
  • spread34th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

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47

Prize breakdown · 2002-05-17

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 50 winners$250K
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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0times

Every number was expected about that many times after 0 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

No earlier draws to compare against yet.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 56th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

Every number here is appearing for the first time.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
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$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—