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Megabucks Plus · draw

Saturday, 5 January 2013

ResultMegabucks Plus

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 34
  5. 35
  6. 6

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010draw 287 of 1,885 under them

← 2013-01-02All recent draws2013-01-09 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:49 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 5 6 34 35 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd32th
  • low64th
  • widest gap99th
  • neighbours100th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

433times
536times
640times
3436times
35

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32times
Stars · a separate 1-of-6 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 48 of each

646times

Every number was expected about that many times after 286 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (4, 34, 35) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 24 November 2012 — its closest relative in 286 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2013): nothing carried over. Chance says 50% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (17% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

84

The numbers add up to 84 — the 20th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 105. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5, 5–6, 34–35. 42% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 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 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 3% of the jackpot.

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

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