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Number 19 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 72 times drawn · chance expected 78 −0.66σ
3 draws waiting · a wait this long: 83% for any number
11.9 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
59 longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long
19 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 72 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −0.66σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
19 Number 19, draw by draw Drawn 72 times in 869 draws · average wait 11.9 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 3 draws now
36 draws: 2005-08-30 to 2006-01-03 25 draws: 2006-01-03 to 2006-03-31 49 draws: 2006-03-31 to 2006-09-19 4 draws: 2006-09-19 to 2006-10-03 13 draws: 2006-10-03 to 2006-11-17 41 draws: 2006-11-17 to 2007-04-10 15 draws: 2007-04-10 to 2007-06-01 3 draws: 2007-06-01 to 2007-06-12 8 draws: 2007-06-12 to 2007-07-10 17 draws: 2007-07-10 to 2007-09-07 5 draws: 2007-09-07 to 2007-09-25 3 draws: 2007-09-25 to 2007-10-05 22 draws: 2007-10-05 to 2007-12-21 1 draws: 2007-12-21 to 2007-12-25 1 draws: 2007-12-25 to 2007-12-28 16 draws: 2007-12-28 to 2008-02-22 4 draws: 2008-02-22 to 2008-03-07 4 draws: 2008-03-07 to 2008-03-21 10 draws: 2008-03-21 to 2008-04-25 1 draws: 2008-04-25 to 2008-04-29 10 draws: 2008-04-29 to 2008-06-03 9 draws: 2008-06-03 to 2008-07-04 3 draws: 2008-07-04 to 2008-07-15 3 draws: 2008-07-15 to 2008-07-25 7 draws: 2008-07-25 to 2008-08-19 18 draws: 2008-08-19 to 2008-10-21 7 draws: 2008-10-21 to 2008-11-14 8 draws: 2008-11-14 to 2008-12-12 4 draws: 2008-12-12 to 2008-12-26 2 draws: 2008-12-26 to 2009-01-02 1 draws: 2009-01-02 to 2009-01-06 7 draws: 2009-01-06 to 2009-01-30 59 draws: 2009-01-30 to 2009-08-25 41 draws: 2009-08-25 to 2010-01-15 15 draws: 2010-01-15 to 2010-03-09 13 draws: 2010-03-09 to 2010-04-23 7 draws: 2010-04-23 to 2010-05-18 2 draws: 2010-05-18 to 2010-05-25 9 draws: 2010-05-25 to 2010-06-25 8 draws: 2010-06-25 to 2010-07-23 7 draws: 2010-07-23 to 2010-08-17 14 draws: 2010-08-17 to 2010-10-05 7 draws: 2010-10-05 to 2010-10-29 2 draws: 2010-10-29 to 2010-11-05 7 draws: 2010-11-05 to 2010-11-30 25 draws: 2010-11-30 to 2011-02-25 1 draws: 2011-02-25 to 2011-03-01 2 draws: 2011-03-01 to 2011-03-08 1 draws: 2011-03-08 to 2011-03-11 7 draws: 2011-03-11 to 2011-04-05 6 draws: 2011-04-05 to 2011-04-26 7 draws: 2011-04-26 to 2011-05-20 21 draws: 2011-05-20 to 2011-08-02 2 draws: 2011-08-02 to 2011-08-09 9 draws: 2011-08-09 to 2011-09-09 6 draws: 2011-09-09 to 2011-09-30 2 draws: 2011-09-30 to 2011-10-07 34 draws: 2011-10-07 to 2012-02-03 14 draws: 2012-02-03 to 2012-03-23 1 draws: 2012-03-23 to 2012-03-27 3 draws: 2012-03-27 to 2012-04-06 22 draws: 2012-04-06 to 2012-06-22 5 draws: 2012-06-22 to 2012-07-10 42 draws: 2012-07-10 to 2012-12-04 12 draws: 2012-12-04 to 2013-01-15 10 draws: 2013-01-15 to 2013-02-19 6 draws: 2013-02-19 to 2013-03-12 9 draws: 2013-03-12 to 2013-04-12 8 draws: 2013-04-12 to 2013-05-10 32 draws: 2013-05-10 to 2013-08-30 11 draws: 2013-08-30 to 2013-10-08 Still waiting — at least 3 draws since 2013-10-08 2005-08-30 2006-01-03 2006-03-31 2006-09-19 2006-10-03 2006-11-17 2007-04-10 2007-06-01 2007-06-12 2007-07-10 2007-09-07 2007-09-25 2007-10-05 2007-12-21 2007-12-25 2007-12-28 2008-02-22 2008-03-07 2008-03-21 2008-04-25 2008-04-29 2008-06-03 2008-07-04 2008-07-15 2008-07-25 2008-08-19 2008-10-21 2008-11-14 2008-12-12 2008-12-26 2009-01-02 2009-01-06 2009-01-30 2009-08-25 2010-01-15 2010-03-09 2010-04-23 2010-05-18 2010-05-25 2010-06-25 2010-07-23 2010-08-17 2010-10-05 2010-10-29 2010-11-05 2010-11-30 2011-02-25 2011-03-01 2011-03-08 2011-03-11 2011-04-05 2011-04-26 2011-05-20 2011-08-02 2011-08-09 2011-09-09 2011-09-30 2011-10-07 2012-02-03 2012-03-23 2012-03-27 2012-04-06 2012-06-22 2012-07-10 2012-12-04 2013-01-15 2013-02-19 2013-03-12 2013-04-12 2013-05-10 2013-08-30 2013-10-08 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 10 · chance 13.9 2nd smallest 27 · chance 29.5 3rd smallest 24 · chance 21.5 4th smallest 11 · chance 6.4 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.6 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 still unmet by now. Every pair →
How many people play it Under the crowd model, 19 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 56. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 19 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 18 Every number number 20 → What this cannot tell you Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 19 is drawn with probability 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.