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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 29 December 2014

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 19
  3. 40
  4. 41
  5. 42
  6. 43

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 740 of 2,585 under them

← 2014-12-27All recent draws2014-12-31 →

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 19 40 41 42 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 December 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread13th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 92 of each

1798times
1989times
40102times
4194times
42

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92times
4384times

Every number was expected about that many times after 739 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 (17, 19, 42) with the draw of 10 November 2014 — its closest relative in 739 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 2014): 43 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

202

The numbers add up to 202 — the 96th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41, 41–42, 42–43. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 13 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 41% of the jackpot.

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

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