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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 29 December 2021

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 25
  6. 43

Jackpot$7,600,000

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 1,836 of 2,591 under them

← 2021-12-27All recent draws2022-01-01 →

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 feed1 6 18 19 25 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 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum14th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap73th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread82th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 229 of each

1235times
6222times
18225times
19226times
25

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-29

  • Lines in play≈ 410kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$56.5Kto 9.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 434%$19.4K
  • Match 314%$7.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker20%$11.5K
  • 3 other tiers32%$17.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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235times
43229times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,835 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 (1, 18, 25, 43) with the draw of 20 December 2010 — its closest relative in 1,835 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 2021): 6 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

112

The numbers add up to 112 — the 14th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 24 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 29% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,600,000
  • Match 54≈ 8.4 by chance$1,493
  • Match 4423≈ 431 by chance$45.80
  • Match 37,663≈ 7.7k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$5,973
  • Match 4 with Kicker63$183
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,495$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈410k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,663 winners, 0% more than the 7.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,600,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$5,973
    Match 54$1,493
    Match 4 with Kicker63$183
    Match 4423$45.80
    Match 3 with Kicker1,495$4.00
    Match 37,663$1.00
    Totals9,649—