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Bank a Million · draw

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

ResultBank a Million

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 26
  5. 29
  6. 30
  7. 31

Jackpot$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015draw 553 of 1,165 under them

← 2020-12-12All recent draws2020-12-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 18 21 26 29 30 + 3129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 83 of each

171times
1879times
2193times
2692times
29

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 182kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$125.8Kto 9.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 525%$32K
  • Match 2 plus Bonus23%$29.2K
  • Match 316%$20.7K
  • 3 other tiers35%$44K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,000,000

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82times
3088times

Every number was expected about that many times after 552 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, 26, 30) with the draw of 12 October 2016 — its closest relative in 552 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 December 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 9 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 5 plus Bonus0≈ 0.28 by chance$20,000
  • Match 516≈ 9.4 by chance$2,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus20≈ 23 by chance$400
  • Match 4428≈ 376 by chance$40.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus471≈ 501 by chance$40.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus3,645≈ 3.9k by chance$8.00
  • Match 35,177≈ 5.2k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈182k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus — 3,645 winners, 6% fewer than the 3.9k 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 plus Bonus0$20,000
    Match 516$2,000
    Match 4 plus Bonus20$400
    Match 4428$40.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus471$40.00
    Match 35,177$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus3,645$8.00
    Totals9,757—