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confirmed

Wed, Oct 14, 2026

Jackpot $562M
Cash value $231.9M
Multiplier Power Play 3x

Drawing insights

  1. One number broke away from the group

    Worth noticing

    The largest space between winning numbers was 31.

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  2. These numbers have history together

    Worth noticing

    1 of their 10 possible pairs had appeared together more often than expected.

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  3. #34 returned after a long gap

    Worth noticing

    #34 had been missing for 55 drawings—longer than nearly all of its previous absences and 56 drawings short of its longest absence.

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  • One number sat apart from a tight group. Worth noticing

    The 31-number jump from 3 to 34 helped make the draw's internal spacing more uneven than 93% of comparable results.

  • A historically familiar group. Worth noticing

    1 of the draw's 10 pairings had historically co-occurred at least 30% above their individual baseline rate. The pattern remained unusual in 3 of 4 tested history windows.

  • 34 returned after an unusually long personal gap. Worth noticing

    Its 55-draw interval ranked at the 98th percentile of its previous tracked returns; its historical median was 11.

  • Opposite recent histories converged. Worth noticing

    34 had been appearing 70% below its 500-draw pace while 42 was running 58% above it.

confirmed

Tue, Oct 13, 2026

Jackpot $385M
Cash value $154.8M

Drawing insights

  1. #11 returned after a record-long gap

    Record

    #11 had been missing for 59 drawings—the longest observed gap for this number in WTN’s stored eligible record. That historical maximum does not, by itself, place the drawing outside ordinary random variation.

    Explore #11
  2. #12 returned after a record-long gap

    Record

    #12 had been missing for 34 drawings—the longest observed gap for this number in WTN’s stored eligible record. That historical maximum does not, by itself, place the drawing outside ordinary random variation.

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  3. A mix of more and less active numbers

    Neutral

    #66 has appeared more lately and #12 less; both remained within ordinary variation.

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  • Winning-number return timing stayed within normal history. Record

    The number returned after 59 drawings, 13.1× its historical median interval of 4. The return remained within ordinary historical variation.

  • Winning-number return timing stayed within normal history. Record

    The number returned after 34 drawings, 2.6× its historical median interval of 13. The return remained within ordinary historical variation.

  • Recent appearance rates varied across the draw. Neutral

    12 had the slowest recent pace and 66 the strongest relative to their 500-draw rates; the contrast remained within the range commonly seen in historical draws. The contrast remained within ordinary historical variation.

  • The winning numbers had an ordinary mix of shared history. Neutral

    Across the draw's 10 pairings, the mix of weaker and stronger historical relationships fell within the normal range of tracked draws (5 weak and 1 strong pairings at the tested thresholds).

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