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Megabucks Plus · draw

Saturday, 14 May 2016

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 10
  3. 36
  4. 37
  5. 40
  6. 4

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 637 of 1,885 under them

← 2016-05-11All recent draws2016-05-18 →

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 10 36 37 40 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum81th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread83th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 78 of each

583times
1083times
3667times
3778times
40

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81times
Stars · a separate 1-of-6 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 106 of each

4101times

Every number was expected about that many times after 636 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 5 numbers (36, 37, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 April 2016 — its closest relative in 636 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (17% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 37 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

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