Mega Millions Friday draws: statistics & most drawn numbers

Only the 468 Friday draws since 03.11.2017: frequency, hot, cold and overdue numbers, sums and pairs. Do the draw days really differ? Our randomness test checks it (draw-day test: p = 0.62) – result: no difference beyond chance.

468 draws · 03.11.2017 – 16.10.2026 · Pro Statistics → Number frequency → Hot & Cold →

All draw days Tuesday Friday

Number frequency

How often has each number from 1 to 70 been drawn since 31 October 2017 (5 from 70), Mega Ball 1 from 24 since 8 April 2025?

Expected: 33.4 / Number

1 29

2 32

3 44

4 37

5 26

6 32

7 24

8 33

9 32

10 39

11 46

12 27

13 33

14 36

15 28

16 32

17 43

18 39

19 30

20 40

21 31

22 32

23 31

24 36

25 29

26 35

27 34

28 37

29 34

30 36

31 38

32 35

33 32

34 30

35 24

36 30

37 32

38 39

39 26

40 48

41 31

42 46

43 32

44 39

45 26

46 43

47 29

48 37

49 30

50 25

51 24

52 30

53 37

54 30

55 31

56 35

57 35

58 35

59 33

60 36

61 30

62 37

63 33

64 32

65 24

66 43

67 26

68 33

69 32

70 35

Expected: 7.1 / Number

1 4

2 12

3 9

4 6

5 4

6 7

7 5

8 8

9 10

10 4

11 9

12 5

13 11

14 4

15 5

16 7

17 9

18 11

19 8

20 7

21 10

22 7

23 6

24 7

25 5

26 6

27 9

28 6

29 5

30 7

31 10

32 6

33 6

34 10

35 3

36 6

37 10

38 8

39 8

40 10

41 7

42 15

43 8

44 6

45 4

46 4

47 5

48 10

49 11

50 5

51 6

52 10

53 2

54 6

55 10

56 11

57 8

58 11

59 6

60 6

61 5

62 9

63 11

64 2

65 4

66 6

67 4

68 8

69 5

70 5

Expected: 3.6 / Number

1 3

2 5

3 5

4 3

5 3

6 5

7 3

8 3

9 4

10 1

11 5

12 2

13 7

14 0

15 2

16 5

17 4

18 3

19 5

20 2

21 4

22 3

23 3

24 3

25 4

26 4

27 4

28 1

29 2

30 5

31 4

32 2

33 3

34 8

35 1

36 4

37 2

38 3

39 5

40 5

41 4

42 8

43 5

44 4

45 2

46 2

47 4

48 5

49 5

50 3

51 4

52 5

53 2

54 2

55 6

56 2

57 5

58 4

59 5

60 2

61 4

62 5

63 7

64 1

65 1

66 2

67 3

68 5

69 1

70 2

Hot & Cold

Tier	Number	Count	Share
1	40	48	2.1 %
2	11	46	2.0 %
3	42	46	2.0 %
4	3	44	1.9 %
5	17	43	1.8 %
6	46	43	1.8 %
7	66	43	1.8 %
8	20	40	1.7 %
9	10	39	1.7 %
10	18	39	1.7 %

Least drawn numbers

Tier	Number	Count	Share
1	7	24	1.0 %
2	35	24	1.0 %
3	51	24	1.0 %
4	65	24	1.0 %
5	50	25	1.1 %
6	5	26	1.1 %
7	39	26	1.1 %
8	45	26	1.1 %
9	67	26	1.1 %
10	12	27	1.2 %

Overdue numbers

Numbers that have gone longest without being drawn (number of draws since they last appeared).

Number	draws	Last drawn
14	58	05.09.2025
69	45	05.12.2025
10	44	12.12.2025
64	42	26.12.2025
12	40	09.01.2026
11	30	20.03.2026
28	29	27.03.2026
36	27	10.04.2026
38	26	17.04.2026
35	25	24.04.2026
49	23	08.05.2026
19	20	29.05.2026
65	20	29.05.2026
66	19	05.06.2026
21	17	19.06.2026

Frequency: Mega Ball (1–24)

The Mega Ball is drawn separately from 1 to 24 (its own drum); you pick it yourself. 80 draws, Expected: 3.3.

1 7

2 5

3 4

4 5

5 2

6 2

7 5

8 6

9 5

10 2

11 2

12 4

13 2

14 2

15 1

16 7

17 0

18 2

19 3

20 0

21 2

22 2

23 3

24 7

Sum of the five numbers

Distribution of the sum of the five winning numbers (theoretically 15 to 340, mean 177.5). Observed: Ø 176.4, min 49, max 293.

15–10018 (3.8 %)

101–12530 (6.4 %)

126–15064 (13.7 %)

151–175121 (25.9 %)

176–200105 (22.4 %)

201–22580 (17.1 %)

226–25034 (7.3 %)

251–34016 (3.4 %)

Even / odd

How many even numbers does a draw contain?

0 even / 5 odd1.7 % (Expected 2.7 %)

1 even / 4 odd12.8 % (Expected 15.1 %)

2 even / 3 odd29.5 % (Expected 32.2 %)

3 even / 2 odd34.6 % (Expected 32.2 %)

4 even / 1 odd17.3 % (Expected 15.1 %)

5 even / 0 odd4.1 % (Expected 2.7 %)

Most frequent pairs

Pairs of numbers that have been drawn together most often in the same draw. Expected: 1.9.

Pair	Count
10 20	8
3 18	7
10 54	7
11 43	7
14 66	7
16 21	7
17 40	7
22 42	7
30 66	7
40 60	7
3 23	6
3 42	6
3 44	6
14 40	6
15 53	6

Distribution by decade

1–10328 (14.0 %)

11–20354 (15.1 %)

21–30335 (14.3 %)

31–40334 (14.3 %)

41–50338 (14.4 %)

51–60326 (13.9 %)

61–70325 (13.9 %)

Consecutive numbers

Share of draws containing at least two consecutive numbers (e.g. 23 and 24).

24.6 % with consecutive numbers (115), 353 without consecutive numbers · Expected: 26.2 %