In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 rules — 162 draws, 5 from 1–70.
8times drawn · chance expected 12 −1.09σ
1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
18.9average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0
54longest completed wait · 13% chance of one at least that long
35 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 8 times in 162 draws against 11.6 expected, −1.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
35
Number 35, draw by draw
Drawn 8 times in 162 draws · average wait 18.9 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 1 draws now
a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap
Where it lands in a sorted draw
Sort a draw and 35 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
Never drawn alongside 44 of the other 69 numbers; chance expects about 43 such strangers by now. Every pair →
How many people play it
Under the crowd model, 35 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 36th 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.
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: 35 is drawn with probability 5/70 tonight whatever it did last week.