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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 16 December 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 19
  3. 37
  4. 43
  5. 48
  6. 49

Jackpot$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 804 of 1,728 under them

← 2017-12-13All recent draws2017-12-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed10 19 37 43 48 4929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd77th
  • low20th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

10105times
1995times
3784times
43114times
48

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94times
49101times

Every number was expected about that many times after 803 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 (10, 37, 43, 49) with the draw of 5 November 2014 — its closest relative in 803 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 55% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

206

The numbers add up to 206 — the 95th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 48–49. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

49 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 64% of the jackpot.

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

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