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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 28
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. 34
  6. 37

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 900 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 feed7 28 30 31 34 3729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread24th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each

789times
28114times
30109times
31130times
34

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116times
37117times

Every number was expected about that many times after 899 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 (28, 30, 34, 37) with the draw of 11 October 2014 — its closest relative in 899 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

167

The numbers add up to 167 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 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.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 36% of the jackpot.

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

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