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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 3 December 2016

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 10
  3. 15
  4. 36
  5. 40
  6. 47

Jackpot$7,713,994

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 723 of 1,909 under them

← 2016-11-30All recent draws2016-12-07 →

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 feed3 10 15 36 40 4729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

3101times
1081times
1568times
3694times
40

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-03

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$7.7M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$7,713,994
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$7,713,994

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70times
4782times

Every number was expected about that many times after 722 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, 40, 47) with the draw of 9 January 2016 — its closest relative in 722 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 November 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 11 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 47% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →