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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 16
  3. 23
  4. 37
  5. 47
  6. 48

Jackpot$8,600,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 1,025 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 feed8 16 23 37 47 4829 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 94% of every possible ticket.

  • sum81th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 125 of each

8134times
16141times
23140times
37113times
47

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139times
48116times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,024 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 (8, 47, 48) with the draw of 19 October 2019 — its closest relative in 1,024 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 January 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

179

The numbers add up to 179 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 47–48. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

48 had not appeared for 14 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

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