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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 24
  4. 28
  5. 34
  6. 38

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 289 of 1,726 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, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 8 24 28 34 3829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 January 2013 — 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.

  • sum33th
  • odd5th
  • low48th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread42th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

331times
843times
2437times
2837times
34

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33times
3832times

Every number was expected about that many times after 288 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, 8, 24, 38) with the draw of 7 July 2010 — its closest relative in 288 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 25% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 January 2013): 8, 28 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 32th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 8 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 36% of the jackpot.

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

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