Drawing summary
Stands out
One number broke away from the group
The largest space between winning numbers was 38.
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Mega Millions results for
Fri, Dec 3, 2010
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- Drawing date
- Fri, Dec 3, 2010
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#11 did it again
Worth noticing#11 appeared in back-to-back drawings.
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How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 566 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 103 Lower than most comparable drawings
- Number span
- 50 Wider than most comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 1 / 4 This split appeared in about 16% 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
- 38 Larger than nearly all comparable drawings
- Smallest gap
- 1 Smaller than most comparable drawings
- Average main number
- 20.6 Lower than most comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
This drawing included one consecutive pair: 11 and 12.
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Sources and method
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Source record: New York State Open Data .
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