Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (13, 26, 35) with the draw of 23 October 2015 — its closest relative in 2,064 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 December 2015): 26 carried over. Chance says 48% of draws repeat at least one number.

Sum and shape

The numbers add up to 151 — the 94th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 110. No two numbers side by side. 40% of draws have at least one such pair.

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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 9% of the jackpot.

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