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Mega Millions results for
Fri, Jan 2, 2015

Confirmed Verified against an authoritative source. New York State Open Data

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Winning numbers

13 15 35 62 74 12

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Jackpot annuity
$188M
Cash value
$119.6M
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Multiplier
Multiplier 4x
Drawing date
Fri, Jan 2, 2015

About this drawing

A factual look at the winning numbers.

The five main numbers included 3 odd and 2 even, with a combined sum of 199.

No main numbers repeated from the previous drawing.

The Mega Ball also appeared in the previous drawing.

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Historical context

Inside this drawing

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#74 returned after a record-long gap

Record

#74 had been missing for 38 drawings—the longest observed gap for this number in WTN’s stored eligible record. That historical maximum does not, by itself, place the drawing outside ordinary random variation.

These numbers have history together

Worth noticing

4 of their 10 possible pairs had appeared together more often than expected.

Shape of the drawing

How the five main numbers landed

Compared with 125 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.

Main-number sum
199
A fairly typical total for this format
Number span
61
Wider than most comparable drawings
Odd / even
3 / 2
This split appeared in about 38% of comparable drawings
Low / high
3 / 2
This balance appeared in about 33% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–37 in this format.
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Largest gap
27
A typical largest gap
Smallest gap
2
A typical closest pairing
Average main number
39.8
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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How similarity works

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13 Main number 13 15 Main number 15 35 Main number 35 62 Main number 62
74 Historical #74
12 Mega Ball 12

Sources and method

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Source record: New York State Open Data .

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