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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 21 October 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 23
  3. 26
  4. 40
  5. 44
  6. 47

Jackpot$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 788 of 1,728 under them

← 2017-10-18All recent draws2017-10-25 →

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 23 26 40 44 4729 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 October 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 96 of each

591times
23103times
2696times
40111times
44

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91times
47110times

Every number was expected about that many times after 787 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 (23, 26, 40, 47) with the draw of 16 March 2016 — its closest relative in 787 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 54% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 October 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

185

The numbers add up to 185 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 54% of the jackpot.

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

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