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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 31
  6. 33

Jackpot$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 743 of 1,728 under them

← 2017-05-13All recent draws2017-05-20 →

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 feed10 11 22 23 31 3329 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

10102times
1171times
22102times
2395times
31

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94times
3392times

Every number was expected about that many times after 742 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, 31, 33) with the draw of 5 October 2016 — its closest relative in 742 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2017): 31 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 10–11, 22–23. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 40 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 1.4× 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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