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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 22 December 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 21
  3. 30
  4. 35
  5. 42
  6. 43

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 424 of 2,590 under them

← 2012-12-19All recent draws2012-12-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 21 30 35 42 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread13th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 53 of each

1757times
2159times
3048times
3553times
42

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57times
4346times

Every number was expected about that many times after 423 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 (30, 35, 42) with the draw of 16 July 2012 — its closest relative in 423 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2012): 42 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

188

The numbers add up to 188 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

43 had not appeared for 14 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 54% of the jackpot.

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

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