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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 5 October 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 23
  3. 31
  4. 33
  5. 45
  6. 46

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 679 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 feed7 23 31 33 45 4629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd94th
  • low20th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 83 of each

788times
2385times
3186times
3382times
45

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80times
4694times

Every number was expected about that many times after 678 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 (23, 45, 46) with the draw of 30 July 2016 — its closest relative in 678 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 October 2016): 7, 45 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

185

The numbers add up to 185 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 45–46. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 18 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 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 51% of the jackpot.

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

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