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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 30 December 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 9
  4. 23
  5. 40
  6. 41

Jackpot$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 808 of 1,728 under them

← 2017-12-27All recent draws2018-01-03 →

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 feed4 5 9 23 40 4129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 99 of each

493times
593times
991times
23105times
40

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115times
4194times

Every number was expected about that many times after 807 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 3 of 6 numbers (5, 23, 40) with the draw of 21 October 2017 — its closest relative in 807 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 2017): 40 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 20th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5, 40–41. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 28 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

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