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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 28
  3. 29
  4. 31
  5. 45
  6. 46

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 121 of 2,590 under them

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Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 28 29 31 45 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 January 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread91th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 15 of each

212times
2816times
2913times
3120times
45

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15times
4610times

Every number was expected about that many times after 120 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 3 of 6 numbers (2, 29, 31) with the draw of 30 August 2010 — its closest relative in 120 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 January 2011): 46 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

181

The numbers add up to 181 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29, 45–46. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 30 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 42% of the jackpot.

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

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