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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 5 January 2011

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 22
  6. 36

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 118 of 2,590 under them

← 2011-01-03All recent draws2011-01-08 →

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 feed6 8 16 17 22 3629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd5th
  • low95th
  • widest gap44th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread24th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 15 of each

620times
815times
1611times
1716times
22

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15times
3611times

Every number was expected about that many times after 117 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, 17, 22) with the draw of 1 January 2011 — its closest relative in 117 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2011): 8, 36 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 48 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 27% of the jackpot.

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

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