The numbers stayed close together
Stands outAll five fit inside a 20-number stretch.
Mega Millions results for
Fri, Jan 9, 2015
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Winning numbers
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- Jackpot annuity
- $221M
- Cash value
- $143.2M
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- Multiplier
- Multiplier 5x
- Drawing date
- Fri, Jan 9, 2015
About this drawing
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The five main numbers included 3 odd and 2 even, with a combined sum of 249.
The drawing contained 2 consecutive runs: 49–50, 56–57.
No main numbers repeated from the previous drawing.
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Historical context
Inside this drawing
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These numbers have history together
Worth noticing4 of their 10 possible pairs had appeared together more often than expected.
The bonus number returned after a record-long gap
RecordBonus number #8 had been missing for 78 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.
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How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 127 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 249 Higher than most comparable drawings
- Number span
- 20 Tighter than nearly all comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 3 / 2 This split appeared in about 38% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 1 / 4 This balance appeared in about 14% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–37 in this format.
More shape measurements
- Largest gap
- 12 Smaller than nearly all comparable drawings
- Smallest gap
- 1 Smaller than most comparable drawings
- Average main number
- 49.8 Higher than most comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
This drawing included 2 consecutive pairs: 49 and 50, 56 and 57.
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Sources and method
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Source record: New York State Open Data .
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