Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (3, 19, 25) with the draw of 22 October 2015 — its closest relative in 532 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 March 2016): 30 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Sum and shape

The numbers add up to 84 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. No two numbers side by side. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 19 draws. A number waits about 9 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 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 1% of the jackpot.

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