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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 8 December 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 9
  4. 16
  5. 21
  6. 49

Jackpot$5,700,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,246 of 1,910 under them

← 2021-12-04All recent draws2021-12-11 →

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 feed3 4 9 16 21 4929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd77th
  • low94th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread95th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 152 of each

3166times
4132times
9146times
16143times
21

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-08

  • Lines in play≈ 282kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$47.9Kto 5.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 526%$12.5K
  • Match 453%$25.4K
  • Match 321%$10K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$5,700,000
  2. Match 5

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130times
49160times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,245 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 (3, 4, 9, 16) with the draw of 7 September 2019 — its closest relative in 1,245 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 December 2021): 4, 9, 16 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

49 had not appeared for 27 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 5.2 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4254≈ 274 by chance$100
  • Match 34,985≈ 5.0k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈282k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,985 winners, 0% more than the 5.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,700,000
    Match 55$2,500
    Match 4254$100
    Match 34,985$2.00
    Totals5,244—