Improve Your Odds!

The following data is under the old Mega Millions format (5 white balls between 1-56 and one gold ball between 1-46).  Data from the dates of June 4, 2010 up to October 18, 2013 were used, containing 353 drawings during this period.

Below are distribution graphs of how often the winning number was picked.  "Pick 1" through "Pick 5" represent the 5 white balls that are drawn and the Mega Ball represents the gold ball.  Past winning numbers found on the Mega Million website was analyzed in Excel and then the following graphs were generated.

These graphs can be used to help you pick your own numbers (rather than choosing the "easy pick" option) to increase your odds of winning the Mega Millions Lottery!

Winning Numbers

Here is a compiled list of Mega Millions past winning numbers associated with the stats found before this post.

		Pick 1	Pick 2	Pick 3	Pick 4	Pick 5	Mega Ball
2010	4-Jun	12	13	15	17	50	23
	8-Jun	12	18	28	48	54	6
	11-Jun	6	13	33	34	42	25
	15-Jun	4	12	13	21	27	46
	18-Jun	11	36	37	41	55	7
	22-Jun	12	17	21	23	30	24
	25-Jun	1	2	13	19	27	21
	29-Jun	3	4	15	27	37	35
	2-Jul	1	10	12	32	36	25
	6-Jul	8	18	45	47	50	36
	9-Jul	1	31	33	34	50	41
	13-Jul	7	11	14	15	34	14
	16-Jul	2	15	18	20	39	34
	20-Jul	12	18	28	36	43	19
	23-Jul	16	19	39	44	49	26
	27-Jul	2	7	10	16	29	8
	30-Jul	11	30	40	48	52	42
	3-Aug	4	13	20	22	56	32
	6-Aug	7	13	30	33	54	30
	10-Aug	2	14	26	50	56	12
	13-Aug	6	17	24	43	55	36
	17-Aug	11	19	40	43	44	33
	20-Aug	4	13	20	29	48	36
	24-Aug	4	23	24	28	32	31
	27-Aug	4	10	26	32	41	31
	31-Aug	10	20	29	47	48	38
	3-Sep	10	13	20	28	36	9
	7-Sep	8	18	22	24	38	23
	10-Sep	11	12	17	21	23	20
	14-Sep	6	14	50	55	56	1
	17-Sep	3	4	14	18	27	13
	21-Sep	3	20	43	47	52	26
	24-Sep	2	28	38	42	55	25
	28-Sep	2	10	13	36	38	18
	1-Oct	3	8	21	28	52	43
	5-Oct	10	19	24	37	44	27
	8-Oct	24	28	37	48	50	19
	12-Oct	10	31	36	37	43	15
	15-Oct	9	10	13	31	50	10
	19-Oct	2	9	14	37	42	41
	22-Oct	2	7	18	32	53	18
	26-Oct	15	21	30	31	32	26
	29-Oct	4	19	26	28	39	14
	2-Nov	1	3	12	16	54	46
	5-Nov	19	25	34	46	53	15
	9-Nov	8	26	28	33	53	11
	12-Nov	9	26	28	35	38	10
	16-Nov	1	26	27	39	46	21
	19-Nov	7	14	31	51	54	35
	23-Nov	2	6	12	34	35	33
	26-Nov	5	9	34	43	47	8
	30-Nov	11	16	19	47	53	2
	3-Dec	6	11	12	18	56	12
	7-Dec	4	38	45	53	54	9
	10-Dec	23	27	33	44	46	36
	14-Dec	18	22	25	31	38	29
	17-Dec	11	20	26	46	53	12
	21-Dec	8	11	12	31	32	29
	24-Dec	15	16	27	40	52	16
	28-Dec	6	18	36	40	49	7
	31-Dec	10	12	13	35	56	9
2011	4-Jan	4	8	15	25	47	42
	7-Jan	4	22	42	46	53	20
	11-Jan	1	4	11	16	45	37
	14-Jan	2	15	17	33	35	8
	18-Jan	4	27	29	38	45	5
	21-Jan	5	9	21	35	38	20
	25-Jan	5	8	31	46	50	4
	28-Jan	14	33	48	49	50	18
	1-Feb	16	22	23	26	35	31
	4-Feb	6	20	29	48	55	6
	8-Feb	25	35	36	47	48	18
	11-Feb	8	9	17	32	34	13
	15-Feb	17	18	24	35	39	18
	18-Feb	5	6	7	30	45	42
	22-Feb	15	22	23	48	55	31
	25-Feb	4	5	17	19	50	7
	1-Mar	1	12	19	20	47	25
	4-Mar	8	10	15	23	41	7
	8-Mar	3	17	19	41	55	24
	11-Mar	14	19	21	42	45	6
	15-Mar	10	11	12	28	43	45
	18-Mar	14	33	34	54	56	37
	22-Mar	1	14	35	50	53	43
	25-Mar	22	24	31	52	54	4
	29-Mar	6	15	23	34	38	43
	1-Apr	13	14	35	36	53	19
	5-Apr	1	19	20	31	36	9
	8-Apr	6	40	45	50	56	11
	12-Apr	10	23	39	41	45	15
	15-Apr	22	23	33	39	48	29
	19-Apr	20	24	32	45	51	43
	22-Apr	3	18	46	51	53	17
	26-Apr	19	29	32	38	55	15
	29-Apr	9	10	11	33	51	29
	3-May	1	16	29	36	50	16
	6-May	6	18	26	37	41	9
	10-May	11	16	34	40	51	34
	13-May	3	33	39	47	53	9
	17-May	1	2	17	25	48	45
	20-May	10	17	19	45	48	30
	24-May	9	12	21	42	43	42
	27-May	5	7	14	28	56	10
	31-May	28	30	31	37	55	13
	3-Jun	20	23	41	49	53	31
	7-Jun	29	32	35	47	52	13
	10-Jun	18	21	27	37	38	7

The Mega Millions lottery is played in 41 states and costs $1 to play. Below are the past years winning numbers and stats to go with it.

	Pick 1	Pick 2	Pick 3	Pick 4	Pick 5	Mega Ball
Min	1	2	7	15	23	1
Max	29	40	50	55	56	46
Mode	4	18	12	47	53	9
Average	8.58	17.36	25.86	36.09	46.06	22.4

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