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Number 7 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 71 times drawn · chance expected 78 −0.78σ
5 draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number
12.2 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
56 longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long
7 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 71 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
7 Number 7, draw by draw Drawn 71 times in 869 draws · average wait 12.2 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 5 draws now
1 draws: 2005-07-19 to 2005-07-22 9 draws: 2005-07-22 to 2005-08-23 9 draws: 2005-08-23 to 2005-09-23 9 draws: 2005-09-23 to 2005-10-25 3 draws: 2005-10-25 to 2005-11-04 7 draws: 2005-11-04 to 2005-11-29 12 draws: 2005-11-29 to 2006-01-10 5 draws: 2006-01-10 to 2006-01-27 18 draws: 2006-01-27 to 2006-03-31 6 draws: 2006-03-31 to 2006-04-21 3 draws: 2006-04-21 to 2006-05-02 2 draws: 2006-05-02 to 2006-05-09 2 draws: 2006-05-09 to 2006-05-16 15 draws: 2006-05-16 to 2006-07-07 5 draws: 2006-07-07 to 2006-07-25 8 draws: 2006-07-25 to 2006-08-22 9 draws: 2006-08-22 to 2006-09-22 17 draws: 2006-09-22 to 2006-11-21 2 draws: 2006-11-21 to 2006-11-28 5 draws: 2006-11-28 to 2006-12-15 3 draws: 2006-12-15 to 2006-12-26 4 draws: 2006-12-26 to 2007-01-09 18 draws: 2007-01-09 to 2007-03-13 2 draws: 2007-03-13 to 2007-03-20 6 draws: 2007-03-20 to 2007-04-10 5 draws: 2007-04-10 to 2007-04-27 7 draws: 2007-04-27 to 2007-05-22 15 draws: 2007-05-22 to 2007-07-13 4 draws: 2007-07-13 to 2007-07-27 25 draws: 2007-07-27 to 2007-10-23 15 draws: 2007-10-23 to 2007-12-14 18 draws: 2007-12-14 to 2008-02-15 2 draws: 2008-02-15 to 2008-02-22 3 draws: 2008-02-22 to 2008-03-04 7 draws: 2008-03-04 to 2008-03-28 39 draws: 2008-03-28 to 2008-08-12 19 draws: 2008-08-12 to 2008-10-17 4 draws: 2008-10-17 to 2008-10-31 56 draws: 2008-10-31 to 2009-05-15 13 draws: 2009-05-15 to 2009-06-30 1 draws: 2009-06-30 to 2009-07-03 10 draws: 2009-07-03 to 2009-08-07 14 draws: 2009-08-07 to 2009-09-25 9 draws: 2009-09-25 to 2009-10-27 3 draws: 2009-10-27 to 2009-11-06 4 draws: 2009-11-06 to 2009-11-20 16 draws: 2009-11-20 to 2010-01-15 3 draws: 2010-01-15 to 2010-01-26 2 draws: 2010-01-26 to 2010-02-02 27 draws: 2010-02-02 to 2010-05-07 19 draws: 2010-05-07 to 2010-07-13 4 draws: 2010-07-13 to 2010-07-27 3 draws: 2010-07-27 to 2010-08-06 22 draws: 2010-08-06 to 2010-10-22 8 draws: 2010-10-22 to 2010-11-19 26 draws: 2010-11-19 to 2011-02-18 28 draws: 2011-02-18 to 2011-05-27 30 draws: 2011-05-27 to 2011-09-09 25 draws: 2011-09-09 to 2011-12-06 17 draws: 2011-12-06 to 2012-02-03 46 draws: 2012-02-03 to 2012-07-13 21 draws: 2012-07-13 to 2012-09-25 21 draws: 2012-09-25 to 2012-12-07 3 draws: 2012-12-07 to 2012-12-18 10 draws: 2012-12-18 to 2013-01-22 10 draws: 2013-01-22 to 2013-02-26 10 draws: 2013-02-26 to 2013-04-02 39 draws: 2013-04-02 to 2013-08-16 3 draws: 2013-08-16 to 2013-08-27 10 draws: 2013-08-27 to 2013-10-01 Still waiting — at least 5 draws since 2013-10-01 2005-07-19 2005-07-22 2005-08-23 2005-09-23 2005-10-25 2005-11-04 2005-11-29 2006-01-10 2006-01-27 2006-03-31 2006-04-21 2006-05-02 2006-05-09 2006-05-16 2006-07-07 2006-07-25 2006-08-22 2006-09-22 2006-11-21 2006-11-28 2006-12-15 2006-12-26 2007-01-09 2007-03-13 2007-03-20 2007-04-10 2007-04-27 2007-05-22 2007-07-13 2007-07-27 2007-10-23 2007-12-14 2008-02-15 2008-02-22 2008-03-04 2008-03-28 2008-08-12 2008-10-17 2008-10-31 2009-05-15 2009-06-30 2009-07-03 2009-08-07 2009-09-25 2009-10-27 2009-11-06 2009-11-20 2010-01-15 2010-01-26 2010-02-02 2010-05-07 2010-07-13 2010-07-27 2010-08-06 2010-10-22 2010-11-19 2011-02-18 2011-05-27 2011-09-09 2011-12-06 2012-02-03 2012-07-13 2012-09-25 2012-12-07 2012-12-18 2013-01-22 2013-02-26 2013-04-02 2013-08-16 2013-08-27 2013-10-01 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
1 draws: 2 times 2 draws: 6 times 3 draws: 9 times 4 draws: 5 times 5 draws: 4 times 6 draws: 2 times 7 draws: 3 times 8 draws: 2 times 9 draws: 5 times 10 draws: 5 times 11 draws: 0 times 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 1 time 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 3 times 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 2 times 18 draws: 3 times 19 draws: 2 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 2 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 2 times 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 1 time 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: 2 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 0 times 46 draws: 1 time 47 draws: 0 times 48 draws: 0 times 49 draws: 0 times 50 draws: 0 times 51 draws: 0 times 52 draws: 0 times 53 draws: 0 times 54 draws: 0 times 55 draws: 0 times 56 draws: 1 time 57 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances Where it lands in a sorted draw Sort a draw and 7 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 45 · chance 44.1 2nd smallest 20 · chance 23.0 3rd smallest 5 · chance 3.7 4th smallest 1 · chance 0.2 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.2 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, 7 is picked about 1.54× as often as an indifferent choice — 1st 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.
Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22 Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10 The number 7 ×1.15 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 7 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 6 Every number number 8 → 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: 7 is drawn with probability 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.