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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 2 January 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 12
  3. 25
  4. 28
  5. 30
  6. 38

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 600 of 1,728 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 12 25 28 30 3829 Aug 2026, 09:36 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.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread42th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 73 of each

374times
1271times
2564times
2879times
30

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78times
3874times

Every number was expected about that many times after 599 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 (25, 28, 30, 38) with the draw of 27 July 2013 — its closest relative in 599 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 45% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2015): 38 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 33th 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

25 had not appeared for 41 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 28% of the jackpot.

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

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