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Number 41 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 67 times drawn · chance expected 78 −1.26σ
12 draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number
12.9 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
54 longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long
41 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 67 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −1.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
41 Number 41, draw by draw Drawn 67 times in 869 draws · average wait 12.9 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 12 draws now
22 draws: 2005-07-01 to 2005-09-16 2 draws: 2005-09-16 to 2005-09-23 12 draws: 2005-09-23 to 2005-11-04 5 draws: 2005-11-04 to 2005-11-22 6 draws: 2005-11-22 to 2005-12-13 15 draws: 2005-12-13 to 2006-02-03 22 draws: 2006-02-03 to 2006-04-21 27 draws: 2006-04-21 to 2006-07-25 26 draws: 2006-07-25 to 2006-10-24 10 draws: 2006-10-24 to 2006-11-28 22 draws: 2006-11-28 to 2007-02-13 24 draws: 2007-02-13 to 2007-05-08 19 draws: 2007-05-08 to 2007-07-13 2 draws: 2007-07-13 to 2007-07-20 5 draws: 2007-07-20 to 2007-08-07 20 draws: 2007-08-07 to 2007-10-16 7 draws: 2007-10-16 to 2007-11-09 34 draws: 2007-11-09 to 2008-03-07 1 draws: 2008-03-07 to 2008-03-11 3 draws: 2008-03-11 to 2008-03-21 17 draws: 2008-03-21 to 2008-05-20 14 draws: 2008-05-20 to 2008-07-08 13 draws: 2008-07-08 to 2008-08-22 8 draws: 2008-08-22 to 2008-09-19 4 draws: 2008-09-19 to 2008-10-03 3 draws: 2008-10-03 to 2008-10-14 6 draws: 2008-10-14 to 2008-11-04 14 draws: 2008-11-04 to 2008-12-23 17 draws: 2008-12-23 to 2009-02-20 30 draws: 2009-02-20 to 2009-06-05 29 draws: 2009-06-05 to 2009-09-15 23 draws: 2009-09-15 to 2009-12-04 8 draws: 2009-12-04 to 2010-01-01 5 draws: 2010-01-01 to 2010-01-19 19 draws: 2010-01-19 to 2010-03-26 9 draws: 2010-03-26 to 2010-04-27 1 draws: 2010-04-27 to 2010-04-30 14 draws: 2010-04-30 to 2010-06-18 20 draws: 2010-06-18 to 2010-08-27 54 draws: 2010-08-27 to 2011-03-04 1 draws: 2011-03-04 to 2011-03-08 10 draws: 2011-03-08 to 2011-04-12 7 draws: 2011-04-12 to 2011-05-06 8 draws: 2011-05-06 to 2011-06-03 21 draws: 2011-06-03 to 2011-08-16 9 draws: 2011-08-16 to 2011-09-16 25 draws: 2011-09-16 to 2011-12-13 32 draws: 2011-12-13 to 2012-04-03 34 draws: 2012-04-03 to 2012-07-31 9 draws: 2012-07-31 to 2012-08-31 1 draws: 2012-08-31 to 2012-09-04 29 draws: 2012-09-04 to 2012-12-14 2 draws: 2012-12-14 to 2012-12-21 2 draws: 2012-12-21 to 2012-12-28 5 draws: 2012-12-28 to 2013-01-15 5 draws: 2013-01-15 to 2013-02-01 4 draws: 2013-02-01 to 2013-02-15 5 draws: 2013-02-15 to 2013-03-05 5 draws: 2013-03-05 to 2013-03-22 4 draws: 2013-03-22 to 2013-04-05 1 draws: 2013-04-05 to 2013-04-09 25 draws: 2013-04-09 to 2013-07-05 11 draws: 2013-07-05 to 2013-08-13 2 draws: 2013-08-13 to 2013-08-20 4 draws: 2013-08-20 to 2013-09-03 1 draws: 2013-09-03 to 2013-09-06 Still waiting — at least 12 draws since 2013-09-06 2005-07-01 2005-09-16 2005-09-23 2005-11-04 2005-11-22 2005-12-13 2006-02-03 2006-04-21 2006-07-25 2006-10-24 2006-11-28 2007-02-13 2007-05-08 2007-07-13 2007-07-20 2007-08-07 2007-10-16 2007-11-09 2008-03-07 2008-03-11 2008-03-21 2008-05-20 2008-07-08 2008-08-22 2008-09-19 2008-10-03 2008-10-14 2008-11-04 2008-12-23 2009-02-20 2009-06-05 2009-09-15 2009-12-04 2010-01-01 2010-01-19 2010-03-26 2010-04-27 2010-04-30 2010-06-18 2010-08-27 2011-03-04 2011-03-08 2011-04-12 2011-05-06 2011-06-03 2011-08-16 2011-09-16 2011-12-13 2012-04-03 2012-07-31 2012-08-31 2012-09-04 2012-12-14 2012-12-21 2012-12-28 2013-01-15 2013-02-01 2013-02-15 2013-03-05 2013-03-22 2013-04-05 2013-04-09 2013-07-05 2013-08-13 2013-08-20 2013-09-03 2013-09-06 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 0 · chance 0.3 2nd smallest 2 · chance 3.6 3rd smallest 20 · chance 16.1 4th smallest 21 · chance 29.1 5th smallest 24 · chance 18.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.9 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 0.4 still unmet by now. Every pair →
How many people play it Under the crowd model, 41 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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.
The model and its sources → · What people believe about 41 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 40 Every number number 42 → 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: 41 is drawn with probability 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.