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Mega Millions results for
Fri, Oct 10, 2003

Confirmed Verified against an authoritative source. New York State Open Data

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Winning numbers

4 19 36 42 48 13

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Drawing date
Fri, Oct 10, 2003

About this drawing

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The five main numbers included 1 odd and 4 even, with a combined sum of 149.

No main numbers repeated from the previous drawing.

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Historical context

Inside this drawing

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#48 returned after a record-long gap

Record

#48 had been missing for 21 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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#36 returned after a record-long gap

Record

#36 had been missing for 37 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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Shape of the drawing

How the five main numbers landed

Compared with 129 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.

Main-number sum
149
A fairly typical total for this format
Number span
44
A fairly typical spread
Odd / even
1 / 4
This split appeared in about 16% of comparable drawings
Low / high
2 / 3
This balance appeared in about 33% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–26 in this format.
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Largest gap
17
A typical largest gap
Smallest gap
6
Larger than most comparable drawings
Average main number
29.8
Near the middle of comparable drawings
Number bands
Main numbers grouped in bands of ten

No main numbers formed a consecutive pair.

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4 Main number 4 19 Main number 19 36 Main number 36 42 Main number 42 48 Main number 48 13 Mega Ball 13

Sources and method

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Source record: New York State Open Data .

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