Saturday, 18 March 2017

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (1, 12, 37) with the draw of 23 April 2016 — its closest relative in 752 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 March 2017): 1 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Sum and shape

The numbers add up to 101 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 29 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 23% of the jackpot.

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