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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 21 December 2022

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 23
  3. 29
  4. 33
  5. 47
  6. 48

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 1,989 of 2,591 under them

← 2022-12-19All recent draws2022-12-24 →

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 feed8 23 29 33 47 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 December 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 249 of each

8278times
23250times
29217times
33259times
47

Prize breakdown · 2022-12-21

  • Lines in play≈ 159kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$25.9Kto 4.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$5.5K
  • Match 425%$6.6K
  • Match 4 with Kicker30%$7.7K
  • 2 other tiers24%$6.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance$1,000,000

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269times
48233times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,988 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 (23, 29, 47, 48) with the draw of 4 February 2013 — its closest relative in 1,988 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2022): 47 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: 47–48. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 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.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 49% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 51≈ 3.3 by chance$5,499
  • Match 4150≈ 168 by chance$43.70
  • Match 32,980≈ 3.0k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker44$175
  • Match 3 with Kicker792$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈159k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,980 winners, 0% more than the 3.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,000,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 51$5,499
    Match 4 with Kicker44$175
    Match 4150$43.70
    Match 3 with Kicker792$4.00
    Match 32,980$1.00
    Totals3,967—