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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 9 December 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 18
  4. 21
  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 2,297 of 2,592 under them

← 2024-12-07All recent draws2024-12-11 →

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 12 18 21 47 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 December 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread97th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 287 of each

2263times
12314times
18286times
21292times
47

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-09

  • Lines in play≈ 187kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$28.9Kto 4.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 429%$8.4K
  • Match 5 with Kicker14%$4.1K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$7.4K
  • 3 other tiers31%$9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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312times
48267times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,296 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 (18, 21, 47, 48) with the draw of 10 August 2024 — its closest relative in 2,296 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 December 2024): 2, 18, 21 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 51th 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

47 had not appeared for 26 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,800,000
  • Match 54≈ 3.8 by chance$509
  • Match 4204≈ 197 by chance$41.20
  • Match 33,502≈ 3.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$2,034
  • Match 4 with Kicker45$165
  • Match 3 with Kicker862$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈187k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,502 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$2,800,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$2,034
    Match 54$509
    Match 4 with Kicker45$165
    Match 4204$41.20
    Match 3 with Kicker862$4.00
    Match 33,502$1.00
    Totals4,619—