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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 1 January 2011

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 20
  3. 38
  4. 39
  5. 42
  6. 47

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 78 of 1,727 under them

← 2010-12-29All recent draws2011-01-05 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed16 20 38 39 42 4729 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 January 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum94th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread25th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

1611times
209times
387times
3916times
42

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5times
477times

Every number was expected about that many times after 77 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 (16, 38, 39) with the draw of 11 December 2010 — its closest relative in 77 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 December 2010): 42 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

202

The numbers add up to 202 — the 94th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

47 had not appeared for 29 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 66% of the jackpot.

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

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