LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇺🇸 1-800-GAMBLERall helplines →

Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 18
  3. 23
  4. 25
  5. 26
  6. 46

Jackpot$11,633,092

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 214 of 1,908 under them

← 2012-01-14All recent draws2012-01-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed9 18 23 25 26 4629 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread52th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

925times
1827times
2325times
2522times
26

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-18

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$11.6M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60$11,633,092
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$11,633,092

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

34times
4622times

Every number was expected about that many times after 213 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (18, 25, 26) with the draw of 20 July 2011 — its closest relative in 213 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 January 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →