Monday, 12 November 2012

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (3, 5, 23, 37) with the draw of 25 June 2012 — its closest relative in 944 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 24% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 November 2012): 23 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Sum and shape

The numbers add up to 95 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 18 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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