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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 30 December 2017

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 11
  3. 20
  4. 21
  5. 24
  6. 25

Jackpot$7,839,963

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 835 of 1,909 under them

← 2017-12-27All recent draws2018-01-03 →

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 feed8 11 20 21 24 2529 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd48th
  • low99th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread1th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

889times
11110times
20102times
2183times
24

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-30

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$7.8M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$7,839,963
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$7,839,963

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109times
25101times

Every number was expected about that many times after 834 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 4 of 6 numbers (8, 11, 20, 25) with the draw of 31 December 2016 — its closest relative in 834 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 56% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 2017): 20, 21 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

109

The numbers add up to 109 — the 11th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21, 24–25. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 7 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 3.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

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