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Mega Millions · draw

Friday, 28 March 2008

ResultMega Millions

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 26
  3. 27
  4. 40
  5. 43
  6. 10

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013draw 289 of 869 under them

← 2008-03-25All recent draws2008-04-01 →

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 feed7 26 27 40 43 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Mega Millions was a 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 288 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 28 March 2008 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

74oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 74 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 97% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd66th
  • low66th
  • widest gap53th
  • neighbours82th
  • spread39th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

735times
2624times
2722times
4031times
4329times
Stars · a separate 1-of-46 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

1010times

Every number was expected about that many times after 288 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 (7, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 February 2008 — its closest relative in 288 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 March 2008): 43 carried over. Chance says 39% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 50th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 143. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 32% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 11 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →

Prize breakdown · 2008-03-28

  • 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 Ball0$150
  5. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball0$10.00
  6. Match 30$7.00
  7. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball0$3.00
  8. 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—

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