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Number 44 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 74 times drawn · chance expected 78 −0.43σ
4 draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number
11.8 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
61 longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long
44 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 74 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
44 Number 44, draw by draw Drawn 74 times in 869 draws · average wait 11.8 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 4 draws now
23 draws: 2005-06-24 to 2005-09-13 23 draws: 2005-09-13 to 2005-12-02 8 draws: 2005-12-02 to 2005-12-30 4 draws: 2005-12-30 to 2006-01-13 2 draws: 2006-01-13 to 2006-01-20 31 draws: 2006-01-20 to 2006-05-09 14 draws: 2006-05-09 to 2006-06-27 14 draws: 2006-06-27 to 2006-08-15 8 draws: 2006-08-15 to 2006-09-12 2 draws: 2006-09-12 to 2006-09-19 28 draws: 2006-09-19 to 2006-12-26 3 draws: 2006-12-26 to 2007-01-05 7 draws: 2007-01-05 to 2007-01-30 8 draws: 2007-01-30 to 2007-02-27 23 draws: 2007-02-27 to 2007-05-18 3 draws: 2007-05-18 to 2007-05-29 27 draws: 2007-05-29 to 2007-08-31 9 draws: 2007-08-31 to 2007-10-02 3 draws: 2007-10-02 to 2007-10-12 1 draws: 2007-10-12 to 2007-10-16 4 draws: 2007-10-16 to 2007-10-30 22 draws: 2007-10-30 to 2008-01-15 1 draws: 2008-01-15 to 2008-01-18 4 draws: 2008-01-18 to 2008-02-01 13 draws: 2008-02-01 to 2008-03-18 6 draws: 2008-03-18 to 2008-04-08 6 draws: 2008-04-08 to 2008-04-29 11 draws: 2008-04-29 to 2008-06-06 2 draws: 2008-06-06 to 2008-06-13 23 draws: 2008-06-13 to 2008-09-02 14 draws: 2008-09-02 to 2008-10-21 5 draws: 2008-10-21 to 2008-11-07 6 draws: 2008-11-07 to 2008-11-28 9 draws: 2008-11-28 to 2008-12-30 17 draws: 2008-12-30 to 2009-02-27 7 draws: 2009-02-27 to 2009-03-24 10 draws: 2009-03-24 to 2009-04-28 13 draws: 2009-04-28 to 2009-06-12 14 draws: 2009-06-12 to 2009-07-31 6 draws: 2009-07-31 to 2009-08-21 4 draws: 2009-08-21 to 2009-09-04 28 draws: 2009-09-04 to 2009-12-11 2 draws: 2009-12-11 to 2009-12-18 2 draws: 2009-12-18 to 2009-12-25 20 draws: 2009-12-25 to 2010-03-05 7 draws: 2010-03-05 to 2010-03-30 2 draws: 2010-03-30 to 2010-04-06 16 draws: 2010-04-06 to 2010-06-01 15 draws: 2010-06-01 to 2010-07-23 7 draws: 2010-07-23 to 2010-08-17 14 draws: 2010-08-17 to 2010-10-05 19 draws: 2010-10-05 to 2010-12-10 61 draws: 2010-12-10 to 2011-07-12 12 draws: 2011-07-12 to 2011-08-23 3 draws: 2011-08-23 to 2011-09-02 8 draws: 2011-09-02 to 2011-09-30 3 draws: 2011-09-30 to 2011-10-11 4 draws: 2011-10-11 to 2011-10-25 3 draws: 2011-10-25 to 2011-11-04 41 draws: 2011-11-04 to 2012-03-27 33 draws: 2012-03-27 to 2012-07-20 6 draws: 2012-07-20 to 2012-08-10 24 draws: 2012-08-10 to 2012-11-02 6 draws: 2012-11-02 to 2012-11-23 4 draws: 2012-11-23 to 2012-12-07 1 draws: 2012-12-07 to 2012-12-11 6 draws: 2012-12-11 to 2013-01-01 10 draws: 2013-01-01 to 2013-02-05 3 draws: 2013-02-05 to 2013-02-15 30 draws: 2013-02-15 to 2013-05-31 17 draws: 2013-05-31 to 2013-07-30 9 draws: 2013-07-30 to 2013-08-30 10 draws: 2013-08-30 to 2013-10-04 Still waiting — at least 4 draws since 2013-10-04 2005-06-24 2005-09-13 2005-12-02 2005-12-30 2006-01-13 2006-01-20 2006-05-09 2006-06-27 2006-08-15 2006-09-12 2006-09-19 2006-12-26 2007-01-05 2007-01-30 2007-02-27 2007-05-18 2007-05-29 2007-08-31 2007-10-02 2007-10-12 2007-10-16 2007-10-30 2008-01-15 2008-01-18 2008-02-01 2008-03-18 2008-04-08 2008-04-29 2008-06-06 2008-06-13 2008-09-02 2008-10-21 2008-11-07 2008-11-28 2008-12-30 2009-02-27 2009-03-24 2009-04-28 2009-06-12 2009-07-31 2009-08-21 2009-09-04 2009-12-11 2009-12-18 2009-12-25 2010-03-05 2010-03-30 2010-04-06 2010-06-01 2010-07-23 2010-08-17 2010-10-05 2010-12-10 2011-07-12 2011-08-23 2011-09-02 2011-09-30 2011-10-11 2011-10-25 2011-11-04 2012-03-27 2012-07-20 2012-08-10 2012-11-02 2012-11-23 2012-12-07 2012-12-11 2013-01-01 2013-02-05 2013-02-15 2013-05-31 2013-07-30 2013-08-30 2013-10-04 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 0 · chance 0.1 2nd smallest 3 · chance 2.1 3rd smallest 18 · chance 12.9 4th smallest 21 · chance 32.1 5th smallest 32 · chance 26.8 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.4 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, 44 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 44 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 43 Every number number 45 → 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: 44 is drawn with probability 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.