Drawing summary
Stands out
An unusually tidy lineup
The spaces between the numbers were more even than in 95% of comparable drawings.
See inside this drawing
Mega Millions results for
Tue, Dec 14, 2010
Winning numbers
Select supported winning balls to investigate them in Number Explorer.
This drawing used an older Mega Millions format. The Mega Ball #29 is outside the current Number Explorer range, so it remains visible here without an explorer link.
- Drawing date
- Tue, Dec 14, 2010
Historical Combination Explorer
Explore how these numbers appeared together.
Search earlier drawings for exact and partial matches involving this winning combination.
Draw intelligence
Inside this drawing
Structural comparisons use only earlier Mega Millions drawings played with the same main and bonus number ranges.
The bonus number returned after a record-long gap
Worth noticingBonus number #29 had been missing for 95 drawings—a new tracked high.
#25 has been showing up less lately
Worth noticing#25 appeared 66% less often recently than over the last 500 drawings.
Explore #25Shape of the drawing
How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 569 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 134 A fairly typical total for this format
- Number span
- 20 Tighter than nearly all 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
- 7 Smaller than nearly all comparable drawings
- Smallest gap
- 3 A typical closest pairing
- Average main number
- 26.8 Near the middle of comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
No main numbers formed a consecutive pair.
Each valid combination has the same chance in a future drawing. Review the methodology.
Similar historical drawings
Draws with a similar shape
These earlier drawings share several structural traits with this result. Similarity describes completed drawings and does not predict what comes next.
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.
1418273142
7
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and a nearly identical main-number sum.
View this drawing
926283538
10
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and a nearly identical main-number sum.
View this drawing
1227293234
34
The same 2 odd / 3 even balance and the same main-number sum.
View this drawing
1522263032
31
The same 3 low / 2 high balance and a similar distribution across number bands.
View this drawingFollow the numbers
Explore supported numbers.
Number Explorer links are available for winning balls supported by the current game format.
18
Explore #18
22
Explore #22
25
Explore #25
31
Explore #31
38
Explore #38
29
Mega Ball #29 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 .
Work The Numbers is an independent historical analysis platform and is not affiliated with or endorsed by a lottery operator.