Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (1, 16, 26, 32) with the draw of 1 October 2017 — its closest relative in 3,955 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 February 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 55% of draws repeat at least one number.

Sum and shape

The numbers add up to 109 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 93. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

The longest wait in this draw

32 had not appeared for 18 draws. A number waits about 7 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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