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Bank a Million · draw

Wednesday, 3 October 2018

ResultBank a Million

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 26
  6. 31
  7. 17

Jackpot$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015draw 323 of 1,164 under them

← 2018-09-29All 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, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 8 9 10 26 31 + 1729 Aug 2026, 09:35 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.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 48 of each

543times
857times
947times
1047times
26

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-03

  • Lines in play≈ 293kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.2Mto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 683%$1M
  • Match 53.6%$44K
  • Match 2 plus Bonus4.2%$50.8K
  • 4 other tiers10%$116.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.08 by chance

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52times
3137times

Every number was expected about that many times after 322 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 4 of 6 numbers (5, 9, 10, 26) with the draw of 26 September 2015 — its closest relative in 322 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 September 2018): 26 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

89

The numbers add up to 89 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 9–10. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 7 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 3.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus0≈ 0.46 by chance$20,000
  • Match 522≈ 15 by chance$2,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus56≈ 38 by chance$400
  • Match 4657≈ 604 by chance$40.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus857≈ 805 by chance$40.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus6,346≈ 6.2k by chance$8.00
  • Match 38,319≈ 8.3k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈293k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 657 winners, 9% more than the 604 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus0$20,000
    Match 522$2,000
    Match 4 plus Bonus56$400
    Match 4657$40.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus857$40.00
    Match 38,319$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus6,346$8.00
    Totals16,258—