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Megabucks Plus · draw

Saturday, 2 December 2017

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 26
  3. 29
  4. 37
  5. 38
  6. 2

Jackpot$4,050,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 799 of 1,886 under them

← 2017-11-29All recent draws2017-12-06 →

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 feed4 26 29 37 38 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 97 of each

4108times
26107times
2985times
37103times
38

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104times
Stars · a separate 1-of-6 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

2147times

Every number was expected about that many times after 798 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 (4, 37, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 April 2016 — its closest relative in 798 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 November 2017): 4 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 2 repeated (17% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 87th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 7 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less 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.

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