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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 3 October 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 14
  3. 40
  4. 43
  5. 45
  6. 47

Jackpot$7,800,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,329 of 2,591 under them

← 2018-10-01All recent draws2018-10-06 →

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 14 40 43 45 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread97th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 166 of each

1158times
14166times
40172times
43164times
45

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152times
47181times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,328 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 (14, 40, 43) with the draw of 21 October 2017 — its closest relative in 1,328 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 October 2018): 1, 43 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

190

The numbers add up to 190 — the 90th 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

40 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.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 61% of the jackpot.

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

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