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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 3 January 2011

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 20
  3. 32
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 42

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 117 of 2,590 under them

← 2011-01-01All recent draws2011-01-05 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 20 32 36 37 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread40th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 15 of each

814times
2011times
3210times
3610times
37

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18times
4216times

Every number was expected about that many times after 116 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 6 numbers (8, 37, 42) with the draw of 29 November 2010 — its closest relative in 116 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2011): 8 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

175

The numbers add up to 175 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 33 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 58% of the jackpot.

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

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