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Megabucks Plus · draw

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

ResultMegabucks Plus

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

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 1,573 of 1,885 under them

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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 feed2 5 7 14 21 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 October 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd64th
  • low99th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread12th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 192 of each

2205times
5180times
7175times
14185times
21

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233times
Stars · a separate 1-of-6 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 262 of each

2276times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,572 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 4 of 5 numbers (5, 7, 14, 21) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 March 2018 — its closest relative in 1,572 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 32% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 October 2024): 14 carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (17% expected).

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Sum and shape

49

The numbers add up to 49 — the 1th 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

5 had not appeared for 16 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 2.5× 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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