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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 8 January 2014

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 18
  3. 28
  4. 41
  5. 43
  6. 48

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 393 of 1,728 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, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed9 18 28 41 43 4829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 January 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 48 of each

947times
1842times
2853times
4140times
43

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60times
4847times

Every number was expected about that many times after 392 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 (18, 41, 43) with the draw of 18 September 2013 — its closest relative in 392 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2014): 18 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

187

The numbers add up to 187 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 14 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

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