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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 28 December 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 27
  4. 28
  5. 37
  6. 38

Jackpot$4,700,000

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 1,624 of 1,910 under them

← 2024-12-25All recent draws2024-12-30 →

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 feed17 18 27 28 37 3829 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 December 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread4th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 199 of each

17191times
18209times
27205times
28199times
37

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-28

  • Lines in play≈ 151kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$44.6Kto 2.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$5K
  • Match 465%$29K
  • Match 324%$10.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$4,700,000
  2. Match 5

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207times
38199times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,623 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 3 of 6 numbers (27, 37, 38) with the draw of 18 December 2024 — its closest relative in 1,623 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 December 2024): 18 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

165

The numbers add up to 165 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 27–28, 37–38. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 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 48% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
1≈ 2.8 by chance
$5,000
  • Match 4145≈ 146 by chance$200
  • Match 32,657≈ 2.7k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈151k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,657 winners, 0% more than the 2.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,700,000
    Match 51$5,000
    Match 4145$200
    Match 32,657$4.00
    Totals2,803—