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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 2 January 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 23
  5. 24
  6. 30

Jackpot$6,863,166

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,149 of 1,910 under them

← 2020-12-30All recent draws2021-01-06 →

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 feed11 16 17 23 24 3029 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum19th
  • odd48th
  • low94th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread2th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 141 of each

11146times
16129times
17134times
23152times
24

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-02

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$6.9M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$6,863,166
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
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MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$6,863,166

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143times
30158times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,148 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 (11, 16, 17, 24) with the draw of 20 February 2010 — its closest relative in 1,148 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

121

The numbers add up to 121 — the 19th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 23–24. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 16 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 2.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 18% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →