Drawing summary
Typical
#3 returned after 3 drawings
#3's typical absence is 10 drawings.
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Mega Millions results for
Fri, Oct 1, 2010
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This drawing used an older Mega Millions format. The Mega Ball #43 is outside the current Number Explorer range, so it remains visible here without an explorer link.
- Drawing date
- Fri, Oct 1, 2010
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Inside this drawing
Structural comparisons use only earlier Mega Millions drawings played with the same main and bonus number ranges.
A mix of more and less active numbers
Typical#28 has appeared more lately and #52 less, but neither stood out as unusual.
No unusual history between these numbers
TypicalTheir 10 possible pairs showed a typical mix of shared history.
Shape of the drawing
How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 548 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 112 Lower than most comparable drawings
- Number span
- 49 Wider than most comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 2 / 3 This split appeared in about 34% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 4 / 1 This balance appeared in about 16% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–28 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 24 A typical largest gap
- Smallest gap
- 5 Larger than most comparable drawings
- Average main number
- 22.4 Lower than most comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
No main numbers formed a consecutive pair.
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How similarity works
Matches compare main-number sum, span, odd/even and low/high balance, consecutive pairs, and adjacent gaps within the same number format. The closest score wins; equally close drawings are ordered newest first.
312182552
21
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and the same number spread.
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810222555
22
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and the same distribution across number bands.
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817202350
17
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and a similar main-number sum.
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48153352
10
The same 2 odd / 3 even balance and the same main-number sum.
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3
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8
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21
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28
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52
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43
Mega Ball #43 from the older 56/46 format; not supported in the current Number Explorer
Sources and method
Confirmed from an authoritative public record.
Source record: New York State Open Data .
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