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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 2 January 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 5
  4. 18
  5. 21
  6. 47

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 273 of 2,589 under them

← 2011-12-31All recent draws2012-01-04 →

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 feed1 2 5 18 21 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread97th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 34 of each

135times
225times
535times
1834times
21

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37times
4743times

Every number was expected about that many times after 272 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 (1, 2, 5) with the draw of 2 November 2011 — its closest relative in 272 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2011): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 14 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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