The Luckiest Mega Millions Numbers
When you pick your Mega Millions numbers, do you just let the computer pick your numbers pick for you, or do you pick your own? If you’re the latter, you’ll want to know that all numbers are not drawn the same. The luckiest Mega Millions numbers actually show up more often. And that’s why we’re here. With data.
The winning numbers for the 9/3/24 drawing were 12-41-43-52-55 with the Mega Ball of 9. No one won, so the jackpot is now estimated at $740 million for the 9/6 drawing.
First of all, for all my Florida players, after you buy a ticket, REMEMBER TO ACTUALLY CHECK TO SEE IF YOU’VE WON. Sorry to go all caps on you, but last year, someone bought a $36 million dollar winning ticket at a Jacksonville, Florida Publix. And never cashed it in. The tickets literally expired. And that ticket was bought shortly after someone just outside of Jacksonville cashed in their one and a half billion dollar winning Mega Millions ticket. Florida had 2 winning Mega Millions tickets last year. But none so far in 2024…..
Luckiest Mega Millions Numbers
So let’s break out the analytics before the next drawing with data courtesy of USAMega. This data is based on 715 drawings since Tuesday, October 31, 2017 and is current as of 9/4/2024. So as you’ll see, the most common numbers drawn are 3 and 10. Here’s the 10 luckiest Mega Millions numbers. The ones that have been drawn the most.
| # | Times | % of | % of | Last |
| Drawn | Drawings | Draws | Drawn | |
| 3 | 67 | 9.38% | 1.88% | 7/23/2024 |
| 10 | 67 | 9.38% | 1.88% | 8/30/2024 |
| 17 | 64 | 8.96% | 1.79% | 8/30/2024 |
| 14 | 62 | 8.68% | 1.74% | 7/26/2024 |
| 31 | 62 | 8.68% | 1.74% | 7/2/2024 |
| 8 | 61 | 8.54% | 1.71% | 7/2/2024 |
| 15 | 61 | 8.54% | 1.71% | 7/12/2024 |
| 46 | 61 | 8.54% | 1.71% | 5/24/2024 |
| 38 | 60 | 8.40% | 1.68% | 8/16/2024 |
| 64 | 60 | 8.40% | 1.68% | 7/9/2024 |
Luckiest Mega Millions Numbers – Mega Ball
You can’t win the jackpot unless you get the Mega Ball, too. So here’s the top 10 drawn Mega Balls using the same data set, minus the % of draws category, which in this case is not needed.
| # | Times | % of | Last |
| Drawn | Drawings | Drawn | |
| 11 | 39 | 5.46% | 7/2/2024 |
| 22 | 39 | 5.46% | 8/6/2024 |
| 24 | 36 | 5.04% | 8/20/2024 |
| 18 | 35 | 4.90% | 5/10/2024 |
| 4 | 33 | 4.62% | 7/5/2024 |
| 13 | 33 | 4.62% | 8/2/2024 |
| 25 | 33 | 4.62% | 7/30/2024 |
| 9 | 32 | 4.34% | 9/3/2024 |
| 17 | 30 | 4.20% | 6/4/2024 |
| 19 | 30 | 4.20% | 6/21/2024 |
Why Is This Data Important?
Quite simply, some numbers just show up more often. The 49 ball, which is last on the list, has only been drawn 36 times in the time period. Almost half as often as the luckiest mega millions numbers. The same story for Mega Ball number 20, which has only appeared out of the machine 20 times. About half as often as 11 and 22.
So, good luck to all my Florida players, and Mega Millions players across the country. Hope this helps, or at least was a fun distraction while you were at work. Picking numbers this way is how I do it, and I’m not a millionaire, yet, so there’s no guarantees it will ever work. But all we can do is try. Play responsibly, and good luck everyone!
