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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 24 December 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 17
  5. 23
  6. 39

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,051 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 feed9 10 11 17 23 3929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd95th
  • low95th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread24th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 131 of each

9133times
10126times
11127times
17144times
23

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140times
39140times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,050 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 4 of 6 numbers (9, 11, 17, 23) with the draw of 15 December 2012 — its closest relative in 1,050 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2016): 10 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

109

The numbers add up to 109 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10, 10–11. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 4 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 24% of the jackpot.

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

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