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Megabucks Plus · draw

Saturday, 17 March 2018

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 14
  4. 15
  5. 21
  6. 3

Jackpot$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 829 of 1,885 under them

← 2018-03-14All recent draws2018-03-21 →

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 7 14 15 21 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

18oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 18 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd89th
  • low99th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 101 of each

5105times
791times
1478times
15102times
21

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120times
Stars · a separate 1-of-6 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 138 of each

3127times

Every number was expected about that many times after 828 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 (5, 7, 21) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 March 2018 — its closest relative in 828 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 March 2018): 21 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (17% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

62

The numbers add up to 62 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 23 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 2.3× 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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