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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 21
  3. 29
  4. 38
  5. 46
  6. 48

Jackpot$6,900,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,374 of 2,591 under them

← 2019-01-14All recent draws2019-01-19 →

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 21 29 38 46 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum94th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread32th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 172 of each

16152times
21180times
29145times
38172times
46

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180times
48167times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,373 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 (21, 29, 38, 46) with the draw of 9 April 2016 — its closest relative in 1,373 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 January 2019): 16 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

198

The numbers add up to 198 — the 94th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 34 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 55% of the jackpot.

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

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