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Mega Millions results for
Tue, Jan 15, 2008

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

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Winning numbers

21 30 42 44 50 6

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Drawing date
Tue, Jan 15, 2008

About this drawing

A factual look at the winning numbers.

The five main numbers included 1 odd and 4 even, with a combined sum of 187.

1 main number also appeared in the previous drawing: 42.

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Historical context

Inside this drawing

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#50 returned after a record-long gap

Record

#50 had been missing for 45 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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#42 did it again

Worth noticing

#42 appeared in back-to-back drawings.

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#21 has been showing up more lately

Worth noticing

#21 appeared 57% more often recently than over the last 500 drawings.

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Shape of the drawing

How the five main numbers landed

Compared with 266 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.

Main-number sum
187
Higher than most comparable drawings
Number span
29
Tighter than most comparable drawings
Odd / even
1 / 4
This split appeared in about 15% of comparable drawings
Low / high
1 / 4
This balance appeared in about 15% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–28 in this format.
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Largest gap
12
Smaller than most comparable drawings
Smallest gap
2
A typical closest pairing
Average main number
37.4
Higher than most comparable drawings
Number bands
Main numbers grouped in bands of ten

No main numbers formed a consecutive pair.

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21 Main number 21 30 Main number 30 42 Main number 42 44 Main number 44 50 Main number 50 6 Mega Ball 6

Sources and method

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Source record: New York State Open Data .

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