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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 20 May 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 27
  3. 28
  4. 33
  5. 37
  6. 49

Jackpot$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 744 of 1,728 under them

← 2017-05-17All recent draws2017-05-24 →

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 feed4 27 28 33 37 4929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd77th
  • low5th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread91th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

487times
2794times
2890times
3393times
37

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77times
4998times

Every number was expected about that many times after 743 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 (4, 27, 33, 49) with the draw of 30 April 2011 — its closest relative in 743 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2017): 33 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

178

The numbers add up to 178 — the 79th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 12 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 55% of the jackpot.

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

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