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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 21
  3. 26
  4. 38
  5. 39
  6. 42

Jackpot$11,003,053

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 210 of 1,908 under them

← 2011-12-31All recent draws2012-01-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 21 26 38 39 4229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

231times
2116times
2632times
3820times
39

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-04

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$11M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60$11,003,053
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$11,003,053

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22times
4227times

Every number was expected about that many times after 209 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (2, 26, 39, 42) with the draw of 11 August 2010 — its closest relative in 209 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 19% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2011): 26 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 70th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 40 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 55% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

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