Mega Millions Tuesday draws: statistics & most drawn numbers

Only the 469 Tuesday draws since 31.10.2017: 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.

469 draws · 31.10.2017 – 20.10.2026 · 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: 33.5 / Number

1 35

2 34

3 35

4 31

5 33

6 34

7 40

8 41

9 26

10 48

11 29

12 34

13 34

14 41

15 44

16 36

17 41

18 34

19 40

20 33

21 31

22 42

23 24

24 36

25 36

26 37

27 34

28 25

29 35

30 36

31 43

32 26

33 38

34 35

35 33

36 27

37 33

38 38

39 38

40 25

41 29

42 33

43 45

44 27

45 27

46 30

47 30

48 35

49 28

50 31

51 29

52 37

53 27

54 29

55 30

56 33

57 31

58 41

59 38

60 22

61 36

62 32

63 31

64 41

65 29

66 32

67 27

68 30

69 30

70 30

Expected: 7.1 / Number

1 8

2 4

3 1

4 8

5 8

6 6

7 6

8 4

9 2

10 14

11 10

12 9

13 7

14 10

15 6

16 8

17 10

18 6

19 8

20 6

21 5

22 8

23 2

24 11

25 6

26 9

27 9

28 4

29 4

30 12

31 7

32 6

33 9

34 6

35 9

36 7

37 6

38 9

39 9

40 9

41 7

42 6

43 10

44 2

45 5

46 6

47 8

48 9

49 10

50 7

51 7

52 8

53 7

54 4

55 5

56 11

57 5

58 7

59 9

60 7

61 5

62 6

63 8

64 8

65 8

66 9

67 5

68 8

69 8

70 7

Expected: 3.6 / Number

1 4

2 2

3 1

4 4

5 6

6 0

7 3

8 1

9 2

10 6

11 4

12 4

13 4

14 2

15 6

16 3

17 4

18 3

19 2

20 4

21 4

22 4

23 1

24 2

25 4

26 6

27 3

28 1

29 0

30 7

31 2

32 4

33 2

34 2

35 5

36 6

37 5

38 5

39 2

40 5

41 4

42 2

43 6

44 1

45 1

46 3

47 5

48 6

49 5

50 5

51 6

52 2

53 5

54 2

55 3

56 6

57 2

58 4

59 6

60 4

61 1

62 2

63 5

64 4

65 4

66 7

67 1

68 5

69 4

70 4

Hot & Cold

Tier	Number	Count	Share
1	10	48	2.0 %
2	43	45	1.9 %
3	15	44	1.9 %
4	31	43	1.8 %
5	22	42	1.8 %
6	8	41	1.7 %
7	14	41	1.7 %
8	17	41	1.7 %
9	58	41	1.7 %
10	64	41	1.7 %

Least drawn numbers

Tier	Number	Count	Share
1	60	22	0.9 %
2	23	24	1.0 %
3	28	25	1.1 %
4	40	25	1.1 %
5	9	26	1.1 %
6	32	26	1.1 %
7	36	27	1.2 %
8	44	27	1.2 %
9	45	27	1.2 %
10	53	27	1.2 %

Overdue numbers

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

Number	draws	Last drawn
29	72	03.06.2025
6	58	09.09.2025
23	48	18.11.2025
8	39	20.01.2026
3	35	17.02.2026
44	35	17.02.2026
39	34	24.02.2026
52	30	24.03.2026
18	29	31.03.2026
45	29	31.03.2026
24	27	14.04.2026
69	27	14.04.2026
9	19	09.06.2026
67	18	16.06.2026
60	17	23.06.2026

Frequency: Mega Ball (1–24)

The Mega Ball is drawn separately from 1 to 24 (its own drum); you pick it yourself. 81 draws, Expected: 3.4.

1 2

2 3

3 2

4 1

5 3

6 5

7 4

8 1

9 1

10 6

11 2

12 9

13 1

14 4

15 1

16 4

17 8

18 3

19 2

20 4

21 3

22 4

23 4

24 4

Sum of the five numbers

Distribution of the sum of the five winning numbers (theoretically 15 to 340, mean 177.5). Observed: Ø 172.4, min 48, max 326.

15–10024 (5.1 %)

101–12556 (11.9 %)

126–15070 (14.9 %)

151–175105 (22.4 %)

176–20079 (16.8 %)

201–22574 (15.8 %)

226–25039 (8.3 %)

251–34022 (4.7 %)

Even / odd

How many even numbers does a draw contain?

0 even / 5 odd2.8 % (Expected 2.7 %)

1 even / 4 odd14.9 % (Expected 15.1 %)

2 even / 3 odd32.8 % (Expected 32.2 %)

3 even / 2 odd31.6 % (Expected 32.2 %)

4 even / 1 odd14.1 % (Expected 15.1 %)

5 even / 0 odd3.8 % (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
2 31	8
3 5	7
8 31	7
10 17	7
15 64	7
1 20	6
3 19	6
8 43	6
10 24	6
11 38	6
14 25	6
15 19	6
15 32	6
16 31	6
17 43	6

Distribution by decade

1–10357 (15.2 %)

11–20366 (15.6 %)

21–30336 (14.3 %)

31–40336 (14.3 %)

41–50315 (13.4 %)

51–60317 (13.5 %)

61–70318 (13.6 %)

Consecutive numbers

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

27.3 % with consecutive numbers (128), 341 without consecutive numbers · Expected: 26.2 %