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Megabucks Plus · draw

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 12
  4. 15
  5. 41
  6. 5

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 742 of 1,886 under them

← 2017-05-13All recent draws2017-05-20 →

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 12 15 41 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd64th
  • low89th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread95th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 90 of each

397times
496times
1292times
1586times
41

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

Times drawn before — chance expected 124 of each

5132times

Every number was expected about that many times after 741 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 (3, 15, 41) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 December 2015 — its closest relative in 741 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2017): 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

75

The numbers add up to 75 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 11 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

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