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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 24 February 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 46
  5. 47
  6. 48

Jackpot$1,300,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 824 of 1,728 under them

← 2018-02-21All recent draws2018-02-28 →

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 feed7 23 24 46 47 4829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread72th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 101 of each

7106times
23108times
2494times
46114times
47

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113times
4898times

Every number was expected about that many times after 823 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, 24, 48) with the draw of 27 September 2017 — its closest relative in 823 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2018): 7, 24 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

195

The numbers add up to 195 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24, 46–47, 47–48. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

47 had not appeared for 21 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 51% of the jackpot.

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

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