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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 9 December 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 10
  3. 36
  4. 38
  5. 40
  6. 41

Jackpot$1,400,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,459 of 1,910 under them

← 2023-12-06All recent draws2023-12-11 →

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 feed4 10 36 38 40 4129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd5th
  • low20th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 179 of each

4165times
10174times
36204times
38178times
40

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-09

  • Lines in play≈ 104kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$27Kto 1.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 473%$19.6K
  • Match 327%$7.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$1,400,000
  2. Match 5

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165times
41169times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,458 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 4 of 6 numbers (4, 10, 36, 41) with the draw of 23 January 2021 — its closest relative in 1,458 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 December 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

169

The numbers add up to 169 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 19 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 60% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 1.9 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 498≈ 101 by chance$200
  • Match 31,839≈ 1.8k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈104k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,839 winners, 0% more than the 1.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,400,000
    Match 50$5,000
    Match 498$200
    Match 31,839$4.00
    Totals1,937—