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Mega Millions · draw

Friday, 14 April 2017

ResultMega Millions

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 10
  3. 55
  4. 60
  5. 73
  6. 12

Jackpot$30,000,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017draw 364 of 420 under them

← 2017-04-11All recent draws2017-04-18 →

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 feed5 10 55 60 73 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Mega Millions was a 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 363 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 April 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd65th
  • low33th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours38th
  • spread92th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

518times
1023times
5515times
6018times
7321times
Stars · a separate 1-of-15 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

1222times

Every number was expected about that many times after 363 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 (55, 73) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 July 2016 — its closest relative in 363 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 April 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 30% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (7% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

203

The numbers add up to 203 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 190. No two numbers side by side. 25% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 26 draws. A number waits about 15 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 46% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2017-04-14

  • Lines in play≈ 15Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$2.7Mto 985k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 15lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 537%$1.0M
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball19%$514.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball25%$679.3K
  • 5 other tiers19%$507.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.06 by chance$30,000,000
  2. Match 51≈ 0.79 by chance$1,000,000
  3. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18≈ 20 by chance$5,000
  4. Match 4247≈ 275 by chance$500
  5. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,169≈ 1.4k by chance$50.00
  6. Match 316,991≈ 19k by chance$5.00
  7. Match 2 plus Bonus Ball30,116≈ 31k by chance$5.00
  8. Match 1 plus Bonus Ball257,094≈ 257k by chance$2.00
  9. Match 0 plus Bonus Ball679,294≈ 679k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈15M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,169 winners, 14% fewer than the 1.4k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 0 plus Bonus Ball679,294$1.00
Match 1 plus Bonus Ball257,094$2.00
Match 2 plus Bonus Ball30,116$5.00
Match 316,991$5.00
Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,169$50.00
Match 4247$500
Match 4 plus Bonus Ball18$5,000
Match 51$1,000,000
Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$30,000,000