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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 15 May 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 24
  5. 33
  6. 39

Jackpot$5,900,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,112 of 2,590 under them

← 2017-05-13All recent draws2017-05-17 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 15 17 24 33 3929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd95th
  • low79th
  • widest gap44th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread61th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 139 of each

1130times
15139times
17152times
24136times
33

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140times
39151times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,111 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

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (15, 24, 33, 39) with the draw of 21 May 2016 — its closest relative in 1,111 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 70% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 29th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

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