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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 5 March 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 25
  3. 35
  4. 37
  5. 44
  6. 47

Jackpot$8,700,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,238 of 2,584 under them

← 2018-03-03All recent draws2018-03-07 →

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 feed9 25 35 37 44 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum94th
  • odd95th
  • low5th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread61th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 155 of each

9161times
25156times
35153times
37153times
44

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139times
47169times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,237 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 3 of 6 numbers (35, 44, 47) with the draw of 30 December 2017 — its closest relative in 1,237 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 March 2018): 9 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

197

The numbers add up to 197 — the 94th 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

25 had not appeared for 15 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 60% of the jackpot.

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

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