Thursday, 11 September 2014

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (1, 10, 14, 26) with the draw of 5 May 2011 — its closest relative in 1,608 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 September 2014): 26 carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Sum and shape

The numbers add up to 55 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 83. No two numbers side by side. 51% of draws have at least one such pair.

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 6 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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