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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 6 December 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 18
  3. 25
  4. 31
  5. 35
  6. 40

Jackpot$6,600,000

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 1,826 of 2,592 under them

← 2021-12-04All recent draws2021-12-08 →

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 feed3 18 25 31 35 4029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 228 of each

3226times
18222times
25234times
31243times
35

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-06

  • Lines in play≈ 273kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41Kto 6.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$8.7K
  • Match 429%$11.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$10.8K
  • 2 other tiers24%$9.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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225times
40225times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,825 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 (3, 18, 31, 35) with the draw of 7 March 2016 — its closest relative in 1,825 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 December 2021): 18, 25 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

152

The numbers add up to 152 — the 55th 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

31 had not appeared for 11 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,600,000
  • Match 54≈ 5.6 by chance$2,175
  • Match 4272≈ 288 by chance$43.00
  • Match 35,114≈ 5.1k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker63$172
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,162$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈273k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,114 winners, 0% more than the 5.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,600,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 54$2,175
    Match 4 with Kicker63$172
    Match 4272$43.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,162$4.00
    Match 35,114$1.00
    Totals6,615—