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It’s been nearly three months since a Mega Millions ticket matched all six numbers to claim the game’s top prize, allowing the jackpot to grow to a record-setting $1.35 billion ahead of Friday’s drawing.
Maybe you’re ready to try your lucky numbers in the hopes of claiming the second-largest prize in Mega Millions history. But do those numbers really stand a chance?
There are some numbers that are drawn more frequently than others. According to the Wisconsin Lottery’s Mega Millions number frequencies tracker, since the game’s main ball pool changed from 75 to 70 in late October 2017, the top five most frequently-drawn white balls are 14, 17, 31, 10, and 38 (one of these numbers was just drawn on Tuesday). The most frequently-drawn gold Mega Balls over the same time period are 22, 11, 9, 18, and 24 (again, one of these balls was pulled Tuesday).
Since the last jackpot was won on October 14, a slightly different set of numbers have been drawn more frequently. For the main balls, these five have been drawn the most: 15, 46, 20, 13, and 59 (two were in Tuesday’s drawing).
