Saturday, 26 February 2022

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (1, 20, 34, 37) with the draw of 2 July 2017 — its closest relative in 4,013 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 February 2022): 37 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Sum and shape

The numbers add up to 107 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 95. No two numbers side by side. 46% of draws have at least one such pair.

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 8 draws. A number waits about 7 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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