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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 23
  4. 28
  5. 29
  6. 31

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 685 of 1,728 under them

← 2016-10-22All recent draws2016-10-29 →

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 feed8 9 23 28 29 3129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 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 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 84 of each

897times
975times
2387times
2882times
29

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83times
3188times

Every number was expected about that many times after 684 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 (9, 23, 28, 29) with the draw of 13 May 2015 — its closest relative in 684 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 49% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 October 2016): 23 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 28–29. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 36 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 3.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

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