Saturday, 20 January 2018

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (5, 22, 27) with the draw of 12 December 2017 — its closest relative in 846 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 42% of draws repeat at least one number.

Sum and shape

The numbers add up to 133 — the 56th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 128. No two numbers side by side. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 29 draws. A number waits about 10 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 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 6% of the jackpot.

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