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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 4 January 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 10
  4. 15
  5. 25
  6. 26

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 705 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 feed5 7 10 15 25 2629 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd77th
  • low94th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread4th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 86 of each

578times
793times
1095times
1575times
25

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74times
2683times

Every number was expected about that many times after 704 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 (5, 7, 10, 25) with the draw of 12 August 2015 — its closest relative in 704 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2016): 5 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

88

The numbers add up to 88 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 13 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 3.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

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