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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 30 December 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 22
  5. 34
  6. 41

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 2,149 of 2,591 under them

← 2023-12-27All recent draws2024-01-01 →

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 feed2 8 16 22 34 4129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 30 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread66th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 269 of each

2246times
8293times
16243times
22264times
34

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-30

  • Lines in play≈ 569kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$78.5Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 429%$22.9K
  • Match 314%$10.7K
  • Match 4 with Kicker25%$19.9K
  • 3 other tiers32%$25K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance

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270times
41293times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,148 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 (8, 16, 34, 41) with the draw of 11 November 2023 — its closest relative in 2,148 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 2023): 34 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 23th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 19 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 36% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,300,000
  • Match 59≈ 12 by chance$790
  • Match 4581≈ 599 by chance$39.50
  • Match 310,651≈ 11k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker3$3,161
  • Match 4 with Kicker126$158
  • Match 3 with Kicker2,092$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈569k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 581 winners, 3% fewer than the 599 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,300,000
    Match 5 with Kicker3$3,161
    Match 59$790
    Match 4 with Kicker126$158
    Match 4581$39.50
    Match 3 with Kicker2,092$4.00
    Match 310,651$1.00
    Totals13,462—