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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 1 January 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 10
  3. 14
  4. 15
  5. 25
  6. 48

Jackpot$8,284,682

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,044 of 1,910 under them

← 2019-12-28All recent draws2020-01-04 →

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 feed2 10 14 15 25 4829 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum14th
  • odd20th
  • low94th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread95th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 128 of each

2116times
10117times
14113times
15110times
25

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-01

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$8.3M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$8,284,682
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$8,284,682

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124times
48139times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,043 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 (2, 10, 14, 15) with the draw of 25 July 2018 — its closest relative in 1,043 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2019): 15 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 14th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 had not appeared for 20 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 31% of the jackpot.

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

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