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Mega Millions · draw

Tuesday, 19 January 1999

ResultMega Millions

Single source
  1. 21
  2. 25
  3. 26
  4. 35
  5. 49
  6. 12

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002draw 2 of 348 under them

← 1999-01-15All recent draws1999-01-22 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:47 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed21 25 26 35 49 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Mega Millions was a 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 1 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 January 1999 — 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 35% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd90th
  • low34th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours80th
  • spread24th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

210times
250times
260times
350times
49

Prize breakdown · 1999-01-19

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 50 winners$250K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50$250,000
  2. Match 4 plus Bonus Ball0$10,000
  3. Match 40$150
  4. Match 3 plus Bonus Ball

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0times
Stars · a separate 1-of-36 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each

120times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1 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 0 of 5 numbers and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 January 1999 — its closest relative in 1 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 1999): nothing carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (3% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

156

The numbers add up to 156 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

Every number here is appearing for the first time.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0
$150
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball0$10.00
  • Match 30$7.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus Ball0$3.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus Ball0$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball0$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball0$3.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball0$10.00
    Match 30$7.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball0$150
    Match 40$150
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball0$10,000
    Match 50$250,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0—