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Mega Millions · draw

Friday, 23 January 2009

ResultMega Millions

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 17
  3. 20
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 7

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013draw 375 of 869 under them

← 2009-01-20All recent draws2009-01-27 →

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 feed2 17 20 27 28 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Mega Millions was a 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 374 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 23 January 2009 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd34th
  • low99th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours82th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

235times
1734times
2033times
2732times
28

Prize breakdown · 2009-01-23

  • 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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27times
Stars · a separate 1-of-46 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

711times

Every number was expected about that many times after 374 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 5 numbers (17, 27, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 September 2005 — its closest relative in 374 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2009): nothing carried over. Chance says 39% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (2% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 143. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 32% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 51 draws. A number waits about 11 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 2.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% 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—