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The Pick · draw

Saturday, 25 December 2021

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 24
  5. 26
  6. 31

Jackpot$1,000,000

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

Rules6/44 · since Apr 2010draw 1,225 of 1,962 under them

← 2021-12-22All recent draws2021-12-29 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:39 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed9 11 16 24 26 3129 Aug 2026, 09:27 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.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 57% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread8th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 167 of each

9157times
11164times
16180times
24165times
26

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-25

  • Lines in play≈ 221kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.5Kto 5.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$8.0K
  • Match 442%$17.6K
  • Match 338%$15.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,000,000
  2. Match 5

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169times
31159times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,224 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 (9, 11, 16, 26) with the draw of 12 February 2011 — its closest relative in 1,224 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 85% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. No two numbers side by side. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 14 draws. A number waits about 7 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 2.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
4≈ 7.1 by chance
$2,000
  • Match 4352≈ 330 by chance$50.00
  • Match 35,284≈ 5.3k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈221k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,284 winners, 0% more than the 5.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,000,000
    Match 54$2,000
    Match 4352$50.00
    Match 35,284$3.00
    Totals5,640—