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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 18 May 2013

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 30
  5. 41
  6. 45

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 326 of 1,728 under them

← 2013-05-15All recent draws2013-05-22 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed14 15 16 30 41 4529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 88% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread25th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 40 of each

1436times
1530times
1650times
3044times
41

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33times
4538times

Every number was expected about that many times after 325 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 6 numbers (15, 30, 45) with the draw of 7 November 2012 — its closest relative in 325 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2013): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15, 15–16. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 26 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 46% of the jackpot.

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

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