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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 23 January 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 23
  5. 31
  6. 35

Jackpot$8,956,549

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 633 of 1,909 under them

← 2016-01-20All recent draws2016-01-27 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 7 8 23 31 3529 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread29th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 77 of each

388times
788times
866times
2385times
31

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-23

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$9M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$8,956,549
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$8,956,549

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76times
3592times

Every number was expected about that many times after 632 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (7, 8, 31, 35) with the draw of 7 March 2012 — its closest relative in 632 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 46% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2016): 3, 7 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 16 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

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