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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 23 December 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 28
  3. 32
  4. 38
  5. 40
  6. 41

Jackpot$4,550,000

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 1,622 of 1,911 under them

← 2024-12-21All recent draws2024-12-25 →

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 feed12 28 32 38 40 4129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 December 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd5th
  • low5th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 198 of each

12222times
28198times
32190times
38198times
40

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-23

  • Lines in play≈ 84kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$23.5Kto 1.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 475%$17.6K
  • Match 325%$5.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$4,550,000
  2. Match 5

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187times
41195times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,621 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 (12, 32, 40, 41) with the draw of 14 August 2024 — its closest relative in 1,621 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 80% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2024): 38 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

191

The numbers add up to 191 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 25 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 64% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 1.5 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 488≈ 81 by chance$200
  • Match 31,477≈ 1.5k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈84k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,477 winners, 0% more than the 1.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,550,000
    Match 50$5,000
    Match 488$200
    Match 31,477$4.00
    Totals1,565—