Drawing summary
Stands out
#53 returned after a record-long gap
#53 had been missing for 50 drawings—a new tracked high.
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Mega Millions results for
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
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- Drawing date
- Fri, Oct 22, 2010
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These numbers rarely travel together
Stands out4 of their 10 possible pairs had appeared together less often than expected.
#2 did it again
Worth noticing#2 appeared in back-to-back drawings.
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How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 554 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 112 A fairly typical total for this format
- Number span
- 51 Wider than most comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 2 / 3 This split appeared in about 34% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 3 / 2 This balance appeared in about 32% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–28 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 21 A typical largest gap
- Smallest gap
- 5 Larger than most comparable drawings
- Average main number
- 22.4 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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Sources and method
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Source record: New York State Open Data .
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