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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 2 January 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 22
  2. 25
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 42
  6. 48

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 898 of 2,584 under them

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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 feed22 25 26 27 42 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd21th
  • low5th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread13th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each

22112times
25122times
2698times
27105times
42

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111times
48119times

Every number was expected about that many times after 897 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 (22, 25, 26, 42) with the draw of 6 June 2015 — its closest relative in 897 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2015): 25, 27 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

190

The numbers add up to 190 — the 90th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26, 26–27. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

48 had not appeared for 7 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 45% of the jackpot.

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

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