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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 14 May 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 10
  3. 17
  4. 22
  5. 29
  6. 47

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 638 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 feed6 10 17 22 29 4729 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread72th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 78 of each

670times
1086times
1768times
2287times
29

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78times
4788times

Every number was expected about that many times after 637 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 6 numbers (10, 17, 22, 47) with the draw of 20 February 2013 — its closest relative in 637 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 47% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 28th 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

47 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 31% of the jackpot.

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

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