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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 29
  6. 35

Jackpot$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 739 of 1,728 under them

← 2017-04-29All recent draws2017-05-06 →

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 7 18 21 29 3529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 90 of each

682times
798times
1881times
2185times
29

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88times
3598times

Every number was expected about that many times after 738 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 (6, 18, 35) with the draw of 7 September 2016 — its closest relative in 738 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 April 2017): 35 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 6–7. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 23 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 28% of the jackpot.

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

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