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Megabucks · draw

Wednesday, 4 December 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 20
  3. 29
  4. 31
  5. 33
  6. 38

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 2,295 of 2,592 under them

← 2024-12-02All recent draws2024-12-07 →

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 feed16 20 29 31 33 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 December 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread6th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 287 of each

16264times
20277times
29256times
31303times
33

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-04

  • Lines in play≈ 189kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$36.8Kto 4.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$12.6K
  • Match 421%$7.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$9.4K
  • 2 other tiers19%$7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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299times
38295times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,294 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 (16, 20, 29, 31) with the draw of 18 November 2023 — its closest relative in 2,294 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 December 2024): 33, 38 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

167

The numbers add up to 167 — the 72th 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

31 had not appeared for 10 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,600,000
  • Match 52≈ 3.9 by chance$6,306
  • Match 4211≈ 199 by chance$36.80
  • Match 33,544≈ 3.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker64$147
  • Match 3 with Kicker871$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈189k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,544 winners, 0% more than the 3.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,600,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 52$6,306
    Match 4 with Kicker64$147
    Match 4211$36.80
    Match 3 with Kicker871$4.00
    Match 33,544$1.00
    Totals4,692—