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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 21
  4. 26
  5. 27
  6. 31

Jackpot$7,980,631

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 726 of 1,909 under them

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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 feed1 5 21 26 27 3129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd94th
  • low48th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread22th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 89 of each

191times
593times
2169times
26105times
27

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-14

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$8M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$7,980,631
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$7,980,631

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92times
3191times

Every number was expected about that many times after 725 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 3 of 6 numbers (5, 21, 26) with the draw of 17 October 2015 — its closest relative in 725 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 December 2016): 21, 26 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 30 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

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