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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 3 November 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 18
  3. 37
  4. 38
  5. 40
  6. 45

Jackpot$3,800,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 896 of 1,728 under them

← 2018-10-31All recent draws2018-11-07 →

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 18 37 38 40 4529 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 November 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread72th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each

4108times
18102times
3797times
38111times
40

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129times
45106times

Every number was expected about that many times after 895 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 (4, 18, 45) with the draw of 14 July 2018 — its closest relative in 895 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 October 2018): 37 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

182

The numbers add up to 182 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 25 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 64% of the jackpot.

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

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