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Megabucks Plus · draw

Saturday, 1 August 2015

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 12
  5. 17
  6. 1

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 555 of 1,885 under them

← 2015-07-29All recent draws2015-08-05 →

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 feed3 4 5 12 17 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 August 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

17oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 17 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd64th
  • low99th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 68 of each

365times
471times
575times
1266times
17

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62times
Stars · a separate 1-of-6 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 92 of each

196times

Every number was expected about that many times after 554 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 5 numbers (3, 4, 5, 17) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 12 March 2011 — its closest relative in 554 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 13% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 July 2015): 12 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 1 repeated (17% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

41

The numbers add up to 41 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4, 4–5. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 9 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

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