Publication status
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Winning numbers
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About this drawing
The five main numbers included 2 odd and 3 even, with a combined sum of 164.
1 main number also appeared in the previous drawing: 25.
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Historical context
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#36 had been missing for 31 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.
Investigate #36 in Number Explorer#25 appeared in back-to-back drawings.
Explore #25#22 appeared 44% more often recently than over the last 500 drawings.
Explore #22Shape of the drawing
Compared with 370 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
No main numbers formed a consecutive pair.
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Sources and method
Source record: New York State Open Data .
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