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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 3 December 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 23
  3. 29
  4. 33
  5. 36
  6. 42

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,042 of 2,590 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, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed18 23 29 33 36 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread9th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 130 of each

18113times
23137times
29111times
33133times
36

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100times
42137times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,041 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (18, 29, 42) with the draw of 4 May 2016 — its closest relative in 1,041 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 November 2016): 18, 42 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

181

The numbers add up to 181 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 34 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 55% of the jackpot.

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

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