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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 2 January 2019

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 19
  4. 26
  5. 29
  6. 30

Jackpot$6,300,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,368 of 2,591 under them

← 2018-12-31All recent draws2019-01-05 →

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 feed3 6 19 26 29 3029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread15th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 171 of each

3172times
6169times
19167times
26157times
29

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142times
30149times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,367 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 (3, 19, 29, 30) with the draw of 10 September 2014 — its closest relative in 1,367 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2018): 3 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 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 3.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

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