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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 25 December 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 13
  3. 35
  4. 43
  5. 44
  6. 45

Jackpot$7,400,000

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 1,834 of 2,592 under them

← 2021-12-22All recent draws2021-12-27 →

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 feed1 13 35 43 44 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

22oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 22 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd95th
  • low21th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 229 of each

1234times
13236times
35226times
43228times
44

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-25

  • Lines in play≈ 525kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$71.5Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 43lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 432%$23.1K
  • Match 314%$9.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker23%$16.6K
  • 3 other tiers31%$21.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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215times
45218times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,833 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 (35, 43, 44, 45) with the draw of 24 November 2018 — its closest relative in 1,833 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

181

The numbers add up to 181 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 43–44, 44–45. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 33 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 69% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,400,000
  • Match 511≈ 11 by chance$569
  • Match 4551≈ 553 by chance$42.00
  • Match 39,824≈ 9.8k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker4$2,277
  • Match 4 with Kicker99$168
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,631$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈525k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 551 winners, 0% fewer than the 553 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,400,000
    Match 5 with Kicker4$2,277
    Match 511$569
    Match 4 with Kicker99$168
    Match 4551$42.00
    Match 3 with Kicker1,631$4.00
    Match 39,824$1.00
    Totals12,120—