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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 33
  5. 35
  6. 36

Jackpot$10,035,294

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 206 of 1,909 under them

← 2011-12-17All recent draws2011-12-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 18 24 33 35 3629 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 December 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread2th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

1723times
1824times
2425times
3326times
35

Prize breakdown · 2011-12-21

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$10M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60$10,035,294
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$10,035,294

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27times
3628times

Every number was expected about that many times after 205 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 (17, 24, 35, 36) with the draw of 6 March 2010 — its closest relative in 205 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 18% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 December 2011): 24 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

163

The numbers add up to 163 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 35–36. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 19 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 58% of the jackpot.

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

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