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Number 1 In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 rules — 776 draws, 5 from 1–70 (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 56 times drawn · chance expected 55 +0.08σ
3 draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number
14.0 average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0
79 longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long
1 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 56 times in 776 draws against 55.4 expected, +0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
1 Number 1, draw by draw Drawn 56 times in 776 draws · average wait 14.0 draws · longest completed wait 79 · waiting 3 draws now
2 draws: 2017-11-07 to 2017-11-14 11 draws: 2017-11-14 to 2017-12-22 3 draws: 2017-12-22 to 2018-01-02 9 draws: 2018-01-02 to 2018-02-02 9 draws: 2018-02-02 to 2018-03-06 3 draws: 2018-03-06 to 2018-03-16 10 draws: 2018-03-16 to 2018-04-20 15 draws: 2018-04-20 to 2018-06-12 1 draws: 2018-06-12 to 2018-06-15 7 draws: 2018-06-15 to 2018-07-10 3 draws: 2018-07-10 to 2018-07-20 1 draws: 2018-07-20 to 2018-07-24 1 draws: 2018-07-24 to 2018-07-27 4 draws: 2018-07-27 to 2018-08-10 2 draws: 2018-08-10 to 2018-08-17 2 draws: 2018-08-17 to 2018-08-24 8 draws: 2018-08-24 to 2018-09-21 10 draws: 2018-09-21 to 2018-10-26 48 draws: 2018-10-26 to 2019-04-12 29 draws: 2019-04-12 to 2019-07-23 79 draws: 2019-07-23 to 2020-04-24 13 draws: 2020-04-24 to 2020-06-09 54 draws: 2020-06-09 to 2020-12-15 4 draws: 2020-12-15 to 2020-12-29 14 draws: 2020-12-29 to 2021-02-16 14 draws: 2021-02-16 to 2021-04-06 22 draws: 2021-04-06 to 2021-06-22 12 draws: 2021-06-22 to 2021-08-03 7 draws: 2021-08-03 to 2021-08-27 29 draws: 2021-08-27 to 2021-12-07 18 draws: 2021-12-07 to 2022-02-08 39 draws: 2022-02-08 to 2022-06-24 2 draws: 2022-06-24 to 2022-07-01 11 draws: 2022-07-01 to 2022-08-09 20 draws: 2022-08-09 to 2022-10-18 7 draws: 2022-10-18 to 2022-11-11 6 draws: 2022-11-11 to 2022-12-02 8 draws: 2022-12-02 to 2022-12-30 10 draws: 2022-12-30 to 2023-02-03 11 draws: 2023-02-03 to 2023-03-14 2 draws: 2023-03-14 to 2023-03-21 4 draws: 2023-03-21 to 2023-04-04 11 draws: 2023-04-04 to 2023-05-12 29 draws: 2023-05-12 to 2023-08-22 43 draws: 2023-08-22 to 2024-01-19 7 draws: 2024-01-19 to 2024-02-13 17 draws: 2024-02-13 to 2024-04-12 17 draws: 2024-04-12 to 2024-06-11 1 draws: 2024-06-11 to 2024-06-14 25 draws: 2024-06-14 to 2024-09-10 4 draws: 2024-09-10 to 2024-09-24 42 draws: 2024-09-24 to 2025-02-18 1 draws: 2025-02-18 to 2025-02-21 5 draws: 2025-02-21 to 2025-03-11 4 draws: 2025-03-11 to 2025-03-25 Still waiting — at least 3 draws since 2025-03-25 2017-11-07 2017-11-14 2017-12-22 2018-01-02 2018-02-02 2018-03-06 2018-03-16 2018-04-20 2018-06-12 2018-06-15 2018-07-10 2018-07-20 2018-07-24 2018-07-27 2018-08-10 2018-08-17 2018-08-24 2018-09-21 2018-10-26 2019-04-12 2019-07-23 2020-04-24 2020-06-09 2020-12-15 2020-12-29 2021-02-16 2021-04-06 2021-06-22 2021-08-03 2021-08-27 2021-12-07 2022-02-08 2022-06-24 2022-07-01 2022-08-09 2022-10-18 2022-11-11 2022-12-02 2022-12-30 2023-02-03 2023-03-14 2023-03-21 2023-04-04 2023-05-12 2023-08-22 2024-01-19 2024-02-13 2024-04-12 2024-06-11 2024-06-14 2024-09-10 2024-09-24 2025-02-18 2025-02-21 2025-03-11 2025-03-25 2017-10-31 2025-04-04
1 draws: 5 times 2 draws: 5 times 3 draws: 3 times 4 draws: 5 times 5 draws: 1 time 6 draws: 1 time 7 draws: 4 times 8 draws: 2 times 9 draws: 2 times 10 draws: 3 times 11 draws: 4 times 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 1 time 14 draws: 2 times 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 2 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 1 time 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 3 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 1 time 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 1 time 43 draws: 1 time 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 0 times 46 draws: 0 times 47 draws: 0 times 48 draws: 1 time 49 draws: 0 times 50 draws: 0 times 51 draws: 0 times 52 draws: 0 times 53 draws: 0 times 54 draws: 1 time 55 draws: 0 times 56 draws: 0 times 57 draws: 0 times 58 draws: 0 times 59 draws: 0 times 60 draws: 0 times 61 draws: 0 times 62 draws: 0 times 63 draws: 0 times 64 draws: 0 times 65 draws: 0 times 66 draws: 0 times 67 draws: 0 times 68 draws: 0 times 69 draws: 0 times 70 draws: 0 times 71 draws: 0 times 72 draws: 0 times 73 draws: 0 times 74 draws: 0 times 75 draws: 0 times 76 draws: 0 times 77 draws: 0 times 78 draws: 0 times 79 draws: 1 time 80 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 56 · chance 56.0 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 3.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
Never drawn alongside 3 of the other 69 numbers; chance expects about 3 such strangers 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 70. 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 5/70 tonight whatever it did last week.