The numbers covered a lot of ground
Stands outThey stretched across 14 numbers—a wider spread than 50% of comparable drawings.
Mega Millions results for
Fri, May 4, 2018
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Winning numbers
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- Jackpot annuity
- $143M
- Cash value
- $84.6M
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- Multiplier
- Multiplier 4x
- Drawing date
- Fri, May 4, 2018
About this drawing
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The five main numbers included 1 odd and 4 even, with a combined sum of 49.
The drawing contained one consecutive run: 4–5.
No main numbers repeated from the previous drawing.
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Historical context
Inside this drawing
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#10 returned after a record-long gap
Record#10 had been missing for 19 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 53 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 49 Lower than nearly all comparable drawings
- Number span
- 14 Tighter than nearly all comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 1 / 4 This split appeared in about 15% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 5 / 0 This balance appeared in about 4% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–35 in this format.
More shape measurements
- Largest gap
- 6 Smaller than nearly all comparable drawings
- Smallest gap
- 1 Smaller than most comparable drawings
- Average main number
- 9.8 Lower than nearly all comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
This drawing included one consecutive pair: 4 and 5.
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Sources and method
Confirmed from an authoritative public record.
Source record: New York State Open Data .
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