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Number 51 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 87 times drawn · chance expected 78 +1.12σ
6 draws waiting · a wait this long: 63% for any number
9.9 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
49 longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long
51 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 87 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, +1.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
51 Number 51, draw by draw Drawn 87 times in 869 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 6 draws now
15 draws: 2005-07-19 to 2005-09-09 4 draws: 2005-09-09 to 2005-09-23 14 draws: 2005-09-23 to 2005-11-11 5 draws: 2005-11-11 to 2005-11-29 16 draws: 2005-11-29 to 2006-01-24 13 draws: 2006-01-24 to 2006-03-10 7 draws: 2006-03-10 to 2006-04-04 13 draws: 2006-04-04 to 2006-05-19 19 draws: 2006-05-19 to 2006-07-25 11 draws: 2006-07-25 to 2006-09-01 15 draws: 2006-09-01 to 2006-10-24 4 draws: 2006-10-24 to 2006-11-07 16 draws: 2006-11-07 to 2007-01-02 1 draws: 2007-01-02 to 2007-01-05 13 draws: 2007-01-05 to 2007-02-20 3 draws: 2007-02-20 to 2007-03-02 6 draws: 2007-03-02 to 2007-03-23 19 draws: 2007-03-23 to 2007-05-29 9 draws: 2007-05-29 to 2007-06-29 5 draws: 2007-06-29 to 2007-07-17 5 draws: 2007-07-17 to 2007-08-03 6 draws: 2007-08-03 to 2007-08-24 13 draws: 2007-08-24 to 2007-10-09 5 draws: 2007-10-09 to 2007-10-26 1 draws: 2007-10-26 to 2007-10-30 9 draws: 2007-10-30 to 2007-11-30 2 draws: 2007-11-30 to 2007-12-07 17 draws: 2007-12-07 to 2008-02-05 24 draws: 2008-02-05 to 2008-04-29 12 draws: 2008-04-29 to 2008-06-10 9 draws: 2008-06-10 to 2008-07-11 1 draws: 2008-07-11 to 2008-07-15 13 draws: 2008-07-15 to 2008-08-29 5 draws: 2008-08-29 to 2008-09-16 1 draws: 2008-09-16 to 2008-09-19 7 draws: 2008-09-19 to 2008-10-14 12 draws: 2008-10-14 to 2008-11-25 2 draws: 2008-11-25 to 2008-12-02 13 draws: 2008-12-02 to 2009-01-16 8 draws: 2009-01-16 to 2009-02-13 16 draws: 2009-02-13 to 2009-04-10 9 draws: 2009-04-10 to 2009-05-12 21 draws: 2009-05-12 to 2009-07-24 11 draws: 2009-07-24 to 2009-09-01 9 draws: 2009-09-01 to 2009-10-02 1 draws: 2009-10-02 to 2009-10-06 1 draws: 2009-10-06 to 2009-10-09 1 draws: 2009-10-09 to 2009-10-13 1 draws: 2009-10-13 to 2009-10-16 3 draws: 2009-10-16 to 2009-10-27 11 draws: 2009-10-27 to 2009-12-04 7 draws: 2009-12-04 to 2009-12-29 11 draws: 2009-12-29 to 2010-02-05 33 draws: 2010-02-05 to 2010-06-01 49 draws: 2010-06-01 to 2010-11-19 43 draws: 2010-11-19 to 2011-04-19 1 draws: 2011-04-19 to 2011-04-22 2 draws: 2011-04-22 to 2011-04-29 3 draws: 2011-04-29 to 2011-05-10 10 draws: 2011-05-10 to 2011-06-14 1 draws: 2011-06-14 to 2011-06-17 2 draws: 2011-06-17 to 2011-06-24 14 draws: 2011-06-24 to 2011-08-12 11 draws: 2011-08-12 to 2011-09-20 21 draws: 2011-09-20 to 2011-12-02 2 draws: 2011-12-02 to 2011-12-09 3 draws: 2011-12-09 to 2011-12-20 7 draws: 2011-12-20 to 2012-01-13 13 draws: 2012-01-13 to 2012-02-28 5 draws: 2012-02-28 to 2012-03-16 3 draws: 2012-03-16 to 2012-03-27 12 draws: 2012-03-27 to 2012-05-08 22 draws: 2012-05-08 to 2012-07-24 15 draws: 2012-07-24 to 2012-09-14 3 draws: 2012-09-14 to 2012-09-25 21 draws: 2012-09-25 to 2012-12-07 1 draws: 2012-12-07 to 2012-12-11 23 draws: 2012-12-11 to 2013-03-01 7 draws: 2013-03-01 to 2013-03-26 12 draws: 2013-03-26 to 2013-05-07 14 draws: 2013-05-07 to 2013-06-25 2 draws: 2013-06-25 to 2013-07-02 3 draws: 2013-07-02 to 2013-07-12 3 draws: 2013-07-12 to 2013-07-23 4 draws: 2013-07-23 to 2013-08-06 15 draws: 2013-08-06 to 2013-09-27 Still waiting — at least 6 draws since 2013-09-27 2005-07-19 2005-09-09 2005-09-23 2005-11-11 2005-11-29 2006-01-24 2006-03-10 2006-04-04 2006-05-19 2006-07-25 2006-09-01 2006-10-24 2006-11-07 2007-01-02 2007-01-05 2007-02-20 2007-03-02 2007-03-23 2007-05-29 2007-06-29 2007-07-17 2007-08-03 2007-08-24 2007-10-09 2007-10-26 2007-10-30 2007-11-30 2007-12-07 2008-02-05 2008-04-29 2008-06-10 2008-07-11 2008-07-15 2008-08-29 2008-09-16 2008-09-19 2008-10-14 2008-11-25 2008-12-02 2009-01-16 2009-02-13 2009-04-10 2009-05-12 2009-07-24 2009-09-01 2009-10-02 2009-10-06 2009-10-09 2009-10-13 2009-10-16 2009-10-27 2009-12-04 2009-12-29 2010-02-05 2010-06-01 2010-11-19 2011-04-19 2011-04-22 2011-04-29 2011-05-10 2011-06-14 2011-06-17 2011-06-24 2011-08-12 2011-09-20 2011-12-02 2011-12-09 2011-12-20 2012-01-13 2012-02-28 2012-03-16 2012-03-27 2012-05-08 2012-07-24 2012-09-14 2012-09-25 2012-12-07 2012-12-11 2013-03-01 2013-03-26 2013-05-07 2013-06-25 2013-07-02 2013-07-12 2013-07-23 2013-08-06 2013-09-27 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 0 · chance 0.0 2nd smallest 0 · chance 0.1 3rd smallest 6 · chance 3.1 4th smallest 26 · chance 25.0 5th smallest 55 · chance 58.7 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.3 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 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →
How many people play it Under the crowd model, 51 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 51 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 50 Every number number 52 → 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: 51 is drawn with probability 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.