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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 20 December 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 14
  4. 17
  5. 23
  6. 31

Jackpot$500,000

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 1,464 of 1,910 under them

← 2023-12-18All recent draws2023-12-23 →

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 6 14 17 23 3129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd48th
  • low94th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 179 of each

2171times
6183times
14153times
17170times
23

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-20

  • Lines in play≈ 140kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$57.5Kto 2.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 517%$10K
  • Match 465%$37.6K
  • Match 317%$9.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$500,000
  2. Match 5

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193times
31185times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,463 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 (2, 6, 14) with the draw of 16 December 2023 — its closest relative in 1,463 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 December 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 12 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2≈ 2.6 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 4188≈ 136 by chance$200
  • Match 32,477≈ 2.5k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈140k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,477 winners, 0% more than the 2.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$500,000
    Match 52$5,000
    Match 4188$200
    Match 32,477$4.00
    Totals2,667—