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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 7
  4. 19
  5. 29
  6. 41

Jackpot$3,100,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 891 of 1,724 under them

← 2018-10-13All recent draws2018-10-20 →

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 feed1 4 7 19 29 4129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 109 of each

1109times
4107times
7118times
19105times
29

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104times
41105times

Every number was expected about that many times after 890 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 (1, 4, 7, 29) with the draw of 7 November 2015 — its closest relative in 890 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 58% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 October 2018): 1 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

101

The numbers add up to 101 — the 7th 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

29 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 26% of the jackpot.

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

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