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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 27 December 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 10
  4. 28
  5. 35
  6. 36

Jackpot$7,500,000

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

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,835 of 2,592 under them

← 2021-12-25All recent draws2021-12-29 →

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 feed3 6 10 28 35 3629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum19th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread36th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 229 of each

3227times
6221times
10221times
28233times
35

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-27

  • Lines in play≈ 318kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$44.8Kto 7.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$9.5K
  • Match 432%$14.4K
  • Match 4 with Kicker23%$10.2K
  • 2 other tiers24%$10.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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227times
36213times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,834 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 (3, 10, 28, 36) with the draw of 13 February 2019 — its closest relative in 1,834 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 December 2021): 35 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 17 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,500,000
  • Match 56≈ 6.5 by chance$1,585
  • Match 4356≈ 335 by chance$40.40
  • Match 35,948≈ 5.9k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker63$162
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,201$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈318k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,948 winners, 0% more than the 5.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,500,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 56$1,585
    Match 4 with Kicker63$162
    Match 4356$40.40
    Match 3 with Kicker1,201$4.00
    Match 35,948$1.00
    Totals7,574—