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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 26 December 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 31
  2. 36
  3. 37
  4. 38
  5. 41
  6. 46

Jackpot$927,455

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 312 of 1,905 under them

← 2012-12-22All recent draws2012-12-29 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed31 36 37 38 41 4629 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

19oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 19 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd48th
  • low0th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

3141times
3640times
3737times
3831times
41

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-26

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$927.5K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60$927,455
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$927,455

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36times
4635times

Every number was expected about that many times after 311 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 3 of 6 numbers (36, 37, 46) with the draw of 16 July 2011 — its closest relative in 311 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

229

The numbers add up to 229 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37, 37–38. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 26 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 75% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →