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Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 22 December 2012

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 12
  5. 23
  6. 49

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2010draw 284 of 1,725 under them

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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 feed5 8 9 12 23 4929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd77th
  • low94th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

526times
841times
935times
1237times
23

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36times
4940times

Every number was expected about that many times after 283 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 4 of 6 numbers (5, 8, 9, 12) with the draw of 15 December 2010 — its closest relative in 283 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 24% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2012): 8 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 38 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 2.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 23% of the jackpot.

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

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