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Number 1 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 71 times drawn · chance expected 78 −0.78σ
8 draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number
12.2 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
46 longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long
1 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 71 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
1 Number 1, draw by draw Drawn 71 times in 869 draws · average wait 12.2 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 8 draws now
11 draws: 2005-07-26 to 2005-09-02 1 draws: 2005-09-02 to 2005-09-06 7 draws: 2005-09-06 to 2005-09-30 35 draws: 2005-09-30 to 2006-01-31 15 draws: 2006-01-31 to 2006-03-24 4 draws: 2006-03-24 to 2006-04-07 5 draws: 2006-04-07 to 2006-04-25 14 draws: 2006-04-25 to 2006-06-13 16 draws: 2006-06-13 to 2006-08-08 8 draws: 2006-08-08 to 2006-09-05 9 draws: 2006-09-05 to 2006-10-06 18 draws: 2006-10-06 to 2006-12-08 21 draws: 2006-12-08 to 2007-02-20 16 draws: 2007-02-20 to 2007-04-17 1 draws: 2007-04-17 to 2007-04-20 16 draws: 2007-04-20 to 2007-06-15 4 draws: 2007-06-15 to 2007-06-29 29 draws: 2007-06-29 to 2007-10-09 2 draws: 2007-10-09 to 2007-10-16 5 draws: 2007-10-16 to 2007-11-02 31 draws: 2007-11-02 to 2008-02-19 38 draws: 2008-02-19 to 2008-07-01 1 draws: 2008-07-01 to 2008-07-04 1 draws: 2008-07-04 to 2008-07-08 17 draws: 2008-07-08 to 2008-09-05 2 draws: 2008-09-05 to 2008-09-12 20 draws: 2008-09-12 to 2008-11-21 9 draws: 2008-11-21 to 2008-12-23 2 draws: 2008-12-23 to 2008-12-30 6 draws: 2008-12-30 to 2009-01-20 8 draws: 2009-01-20 to 2009-02-17 2 draws: 2009-02-17 to 2009-02-24 46 draws: 2009-02-24 to 2009-08-04 7 draws: 2009-08-04 to 2009-08-28 44 draws: 2009-08-28 to 2010-01-29 6 draws: 2010-01-29 to 2010-02-19 11 draws: 2010-02-19 to 2010-03-30 25 draws: 2010-03-30 to 2010-06-25 2 draws: 2010-06-25 to 2010-07-02 2 draws: 2010-07-02 to 2010-07-09 33 draws: 2010-07-09 to 2010-11-02 4 draws: 2010-11-02 to 2010-11-16 16 draws: 2010-11-16 to 2011-01-11 14 draws: 2011-01-11 to 2011-03-01 6 draws: 2011-03-01 to 2011-03-22 4 draws: 2011-03-22 to 2011-04-05 8 draws: 2011-04-05 to 2011-05-03 4 draws: 2011-05-03 to 2011-05-17 14 draws: 2011-05-17 to 2011-07-05 1 draws: 2011-07-05 to 2011-07-08 17 draws: 2011-07-08 to 2011-09-06 39 draws: 2011-09-06 to 2012-01-20 10 draws: 2012-01-20 to 2012-02-24 7 draws: 2012-02-24 to 2012-03-20 8 draws: 2012-03-20 to 2012-04-17 26 draws: 2012-04-17 to 2012-07-17 28 draws: 2012-07-17 to 2012-10-23 16 draws: 2012-10-23 to 2012-12-18 5 draws: 2012-12-18 to 2013-01-04 3 draws: 2013-01-04 to 2013-01-15 5 draws: 2013-01-15 to 2013-02-01 5 draws: 2013-02-01 to 2013-02-19 15 draws: 2013-02-19 to 2013-04-12 7 draws: 2013-04-12 to 2013-05-07 1 draws: 2013-05-07 to 2013-05-10 8 draws: 2013-05-10 to 2013-06-07 17 draws: 2013-06-07 to 2013-08-06 1 draws: 2013-08-06 to 2013-08-09 4 draws: 2013-08-09 to 2013-08-23 8 draws: 2013-08-23 to 2013-09-20 Still waiting — at least 8 draws since 2013-09-20 2005-07-26 2005-09-02 2005-09-06 2005-09-30 2006-01-31 2006-03-24 2006-04-07 2006-04-25 2006-06-13 2006-08-08 2006-09-05 2006-10-06 2006-12-08 2007-02-20 2007-04-17 2007-04-20 2007-06-15 2007-06-29 2007-10-09 2007-10-16 2007-11-02 2008-02-19 2008-07-01 2008-07-04 2008-07-08 2008-09-05 2008-09-12 2008-11-21 2008-12-23 2008-12-30 2009-01-20 2009-02-17 2009-02-24 2009-08-04 2009-08-28 2010-01-29 2010-02-19 2010-03-30 2010-06-25 2010-07-02 2010-07-09 2010-11-02 2010-11-16 2011-01-11 2011-03-01 2011-03-22 2011-04-05 2011-05-03 2011-05-17 2011-07-05 2011-07-08 2011-09-06 2012-01-20 2012-02-24 2012-03-20 2012-04-17 2012-07-17 2012-10-23 2012-12-18 2013-01-04 2013-01-15 2013-02-01 2013-02-19 2013-04-12 2013-05-07 2013-05-10 2013-06-07 2013-08-06 2013-08-09 2013-08-23 2013-09-20 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
1 draws: 7 times 2 draws: 6 times 3 draws: 1 time 4 draws: 6 times 5 draws: 5 times 6 draws: 3 times 7 draws: 4 times 8 draws: 6 times 9 draws: 2 times 10 draws: 1 time 11 draws: 2 times 12 draws: 0 times 13 draws: 0 times 14 draws: 3 times 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 5 times 17 draws: 3 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 1 time 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 1 time 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 1 time 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 1 time 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 1 time 39 draws: 1 time 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 1 time 45 draws: 0 times 46 draws: 1 time 47 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 1 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
1st smallest 71 · chance 71.0 2nd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 3rd smallest 0 · chance 0.0 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 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, 1 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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 Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 1 →
Every draw it appeared in Lowest in the pool Every number number 2 → 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: 1 is drawn with probability 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.