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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 8 December 2018

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 27
  3. 31
  4. 38
  5. 39
  6. 43

Jackpot$773,651

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 933 of 1,909 under them

← 2018-12-05All recent draws2018-12-12 →

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 feed9 27 31 38 39 4329 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd94th
  • low5th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 114 of each

9118times
27117times
31114times
38100times
39

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-08

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$773.7K
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60$773,651
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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Match 60$773,651

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108times
43111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 932 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 (9, 38, 39) with the draw of 2 June 2018 — its closest relative in 932 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 December 2018): 39 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

187

The numbers add up to 187 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 25 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →