Saturday, 27 May 2017

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (3, 13, 18, 24) with the draw of 19 April 2017 — its closest relative in 2,600 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 May 2017): 18 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Sum and shape

The numbers add up to 87 — the 63th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 80. No two numbers side by side. 52% of draws have at least one such pair.

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1% of the jackpot.

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