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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 27 January 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 20
  6. 29

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 607 of 1,728 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, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed11 12 16 17 20 2929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd48th
  • low94th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread2th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 74 of each

1160times
1274times
1697times
1763times
20

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72times
2972times

Every number was expected about that many times after 606 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 (16, 17, 20, 29) with the draw of 17 June 2015 — its closest relative in 606 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 45% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 January 2016): 12, 29 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12, 16–17. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 17 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 2.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.

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

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