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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 8
  4. 29
  5. 45
  6. 48

Jackpot$500,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 306 of 1,905 under them

← 2012-12-01All recent draws2012-12-08 →

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 feed4 5 8 29 45 4829 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 37 of each

430times
536times
833times
2942times
45

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-05

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$500.0K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60$500,000
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$500,000

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35times
4837times

Every number was expected about that many times after 305 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 (4, 5, 29) with the draw of 10 November 2012 — its closest relative in 305 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 December 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 12 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 36% of the jackpot.

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

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