Friday, 13 April 2018

Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 4 numbers (17, 27) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 April 2018 — its closest relative in 511 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 April 2018): 27 carried over. Chance says 44% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (6% expected).

Sum and shape

The numbers add up to 76 — the 74th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 64. No two numbers side by side. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

The longest wait in this draw

13 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 8 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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.