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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 28 December 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 27
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. 34
  6. 38

Jackpot$6,300,000

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

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,679 of 2,592 under them

← 2020-12-26All recent draws2020-12-30 →

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 feed5 27 30 31 34 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread36th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 210 of each

5235times
27195times
30198times
31220times
34

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-28

  • Lines in play≈ 309kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$43.8Kto 7.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 433%$14.3K
  • Match 313%$5.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker22%$9.8K
  • 3 other tiers32%$13.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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209times
38222times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,678 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 (5, 27, 30, 31) with the draw of 10 November 2010 — its closest relative in 1,678 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 83% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 December 2020): 30 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

165

The numbers add up to 165 — the 70th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 6 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 40% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,300,000
  • Match 54≈ 6.3 by chance$1,163
  • Match 4285≈ 325 by chance$50.10
  • Match 35,782≈ 5.8k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$4,652
  • Match 4 with Kicker49$200
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,151$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈309k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,782 winners, 0% more than the 5.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,300,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$4,652
    Match 54$1,163
    Match 4 with Kicker49$200
    Match 4285$50.10
    Match 3 with Kicker1,151$4.00
    Match 35,782$1.00
    Totals7,272—