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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 37
  3. 38
  4. 40
  5. 44
  6. 46

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 360 of 2,589 under them

← 2012-07-23All recent draws2012-07-28 →

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 feed16 37 38 40 44 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 July 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd5th
  • low5th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread24th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

1644times
3749times
3847times
4050times
44

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32times
4634times

Every number was expected about that many times after 359 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 4 of 6 numbers (16, 37, 38, 46) with the draw of 23 June 2010 — its closest relative in 359 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 32% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 July 2012): 16 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

221

The numbers add up to 221 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 44 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 72% of the jackpot.

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

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