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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 28 December 2024

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 31

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 2,305 of 2,592 under them

← 2024-12-25All recent draws2024-12-30 →

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 18 21 27 28 3129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 December 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 73% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 288 of each

8308times
18288times
21295times
27271times
28

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-28

  • Lines in play≈ 452kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$65.4Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 430%$19.3K
  • Match 5 with Kicker13%$8.6K
  • Match 4 with Kicker25%$16.2K
  • 3 other tiers33%$21.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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287times
31307times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,304 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, 18, 27, 28) with the draw of 29 June 2020 — its closest relative in 2,304 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 December 2024): 21 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 33th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 20 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,600,000
  • Match 512≈ 9.3 by chance$429
  • Match 4491≈ 475 by chance$39.30
  • Match 38,453≈ 8.5k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker5$1,718
  • Match 4 with Kicker103$157
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,927$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈452k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,453 winners, 0% more than the 8.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,600,000
    Match 5 with Kicker5$1,718
    Match 512$429
    Match 4 with Kicker103$157
    Match 4491$39.30
    Match 3 with Kicker1,927$4.00
    Match 38,453$1.00
    Totals10,991—