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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 15 October 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 17
  4. 19
  5. 23
  6. 38

Jackpot$8,300,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,334 of 2,591 under them

← 2018-10-13All recent draws2018-10-17 →

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 feed2 3 17 19 23 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 167 of each

2159times
3167times
17179times
19164times
23

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167times
38166times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,333 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 (2, 3, 17, 38) with the draw of 9 October 2010 — its closest relative in 1,333 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 October 2018): 38 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 20 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 27% of the jackpot.

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

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