Drawing summary
Stands out
These numbers rarely travel together
4 of their 10 possible pairs had appeared together less often than expected.
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Mega Millions results for
Tue, Oct 26, 2010
Winning numbers
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This drawing used an older Mega Millions format. The Mega Ball #26 is outside the current Number Explorer range, so it remains visible here without an explorer link.
- Drawing date
- Tue, Oct 26, 2010
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Inside this drawing
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The numbers stayed close together
Stands outAll five fit inside a 17-number stretch.
#32 did it again
Worth noticing#32 appeared in back-to-back drawings.
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How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 555 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 129 A fairly typical total for this format
- Number span
- 17 Tighter than nearly all comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 3 / 2 This split appeared in about 34% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 2 / 3 This balance appeared in about 33% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–28 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 9 Smaller than most comparable drawings
- Smallest gap
- 1 Smaller than most comparable drawings
- Average main number
- 25.8 Near the middle of comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
This drawing included 2 consecutive pairs: 30 and 31, 31 and 32.
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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.
1213303139
29
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and the same 2 consecutive pairs.
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1415313243
20
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and the same 2 consecutive pairs.
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1213154142
37
The same 3 odd / 2 even balance and the same 2 consecutive pairs.
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1516203940
26
The same 2 consecutive pairs and a nearly identical main-number sum.
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15
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21
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30
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31
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32
Explore #32
26
Mega Ball #26 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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