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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 22 December 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 24
  3. 29
  4. 31
  5. 40
  6. 46

Jackpot$7,300,000

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 1,833 of 2,591 under them

← 2021-12-20All recent draws2021-12-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 24 29 31 40 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread40th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 229 of each

12252times
24227times
29196times
31244times
40

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 377kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$53.1Kto 8.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 432%$17.2K
  • Match 313%$7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker23%$12.1K
  • 3 other tiers32%$16.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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226times
46240times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,832 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, 29, 31, 46) with the draw of 30 October 2017 — its closest relative in 1,832 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

182

The numbers add up to 182 — 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

46 had not appeared for 12 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 →
$7,300,000
  • Match 510≈ 7.7 by chance$516
  • Match 4376≈ 396 by chance$45.80
  • Match 37,045≈ 7.0k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker3$2,062
  • Match 4 with Kicker66$183
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,360$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈377k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,045 winners, 0% more than the 7.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,300,000
    Match 5 with Kicker3$2,062
    Match 510$516
    Match 4 with Kicker66$183
    Match 4376$45.80
    Match 3 with Kicker1,360$4.00
    Match 37,045$1.00
    Totals8,860—