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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 31 December 2011

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 21
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 30

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 182 of 1,727 under them

← 2011-12-28All recent draws2012-01-04 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 21 26 27 28 3029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 December 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 22 of each

723times
2121times
2618times
2728times
28

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23times
3025times

Every number was expected about that many times after 181 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (21, 27, 28) with the draw of 2 July 2011 — its closest relative in 181 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2011): 7 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27, 27–28. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 3.0× 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.

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