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Megabucks Plus · draw

Saturday, 18 February 2017

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 25
  3. 34
  4. 38
  5. 40
  6. 5

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 717 of 1,883 under them

← 2017-02-15All recent draws2017-02-22 →

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 feed11 25 34 38 40 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 February 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap54th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread51th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

1184times
2586times
3495times
3895times
40

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97times
Stars · a separate 1-of-6 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 119 of each

5126times

Every number was expected about that many times after 716 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 (11, 34, 38) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 January 2017 — its closest relative in 716 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 February 2017): 34 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (17% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 95th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. No two numbers side by side. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

40 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 0.5× 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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