Megabucks Plus number frequency, odds and draw history

Megabucks Plus draws 5 numbers from 41, plus one Megaball from 6. This page counts 1,948 draws under the current rules, from July 29, 2009 to September 21, 2026, sold in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont.

How often each number has been drawn

Across 1,948 draws each ball should turn up about 238 times. Random variation alone spreads that out, and about 19 in 20 balls land between 209 and 266. 2 of the 41 balls fall outside it and chance alone would put about 2 there, so this is an ordinary result. 39 balls are indistinguishable from random.

This is the part worth reading twice. A number drawn more often than its neighbours has not become more likely, and the table below is sorted only because people expect it to be. The average wait between appearances for any one ball is 8.2 draws, so a gap several times that long is ordinary rather than overdue.

Ranked by how often each number has been drawn. Ranking is not a signal, it is what any fair draw looks like when you sort it.
Number	Times drawn	Against chance	Draws since last seen
21	282	above the band	10
33	265	typical	0
26	259	typical	4
38	258	typical	13
2	257	typical	6
19	257	typical	5
4	255	typical	1
3	253	typical	7
31	253	typical	3
13	252	typical	23
37	248	typical	1
20	247	typical	2
25	244	typical	5
8	242	typical	0
17	242	typical	3
24	242	typical	1
27	242	typical	14
1	241	typical	21
16	239	typical	11
35	239	typical	3
22	238	typical	12
34	238	typical	9
14	235	typical	5
15	232	typical	7
18	231	typical	2
30	231	typical	11
40	230	typical	12
10	228	typical	0
5	227	typical	10
11	227	typical	7
12	227	typical	0
23	226	typical	4
32	225	typical	0
9	223	typical	2
28	222	typical	2
39	221	typical	3
41	218	typical	6
7	216	typical	14
29	214	typical	16
6	209	typical	10
36	205	below the band	1

The Megaball

Drawn from its own machine, one ball per draw out of 6, so it is counted on its own and compared against its own range rather than the one above. Across 1,948 draws each ball should turn up about 325 times. Random variation alone spreads that out, and about 19 in 20 balls land between 292 and 358. Not one of the 6 balls falls outside it.

Ranked by how often each megaball has been drawn. Ranking is not a signal, it is what any fair draw looks like when you sort it.
Megaball	Times drawn	Against chance	Draws since last seen
2	342	typical	not in this era
4	339	typical	not in this era
5	334	typical	not in this era
1	312	typical	not in this era
6	311	typical	not in this era
3	310	typical	not in this era

The odds

Matching all 5 plus the Megaball is 1 in 4,496,388. Every tier is worked from the matrix directly, so these are exact rather than rounded figures copied from a leaflet.

Exact probabilities, worked from the matrix rather than quoted from anywhere.
Match	Chance per ticket
5 of 5 + Megaball	1 in 4,496,388
5 of 5	1 in 899,278
4 of 5 + Megaball	1 in 24,980
4 of 5	1 in 4,996
3 of 5 + Megaball	1 in 714
3 of 5	1 in 143
2 of 5 + Megaball	1 in 63
2 of 5	1 in 13
1 of 5 + Megaball	1 in 15
1 of 5	1 in 3

The last ten draws

Draw date	Numbers
September 21, 2026	8 · 10 · 12 · 32 · 33 +2
September 19, 2026	4 · 8 · 24 · 36 · 37 +2
September 16, 2026	9 · 18 · 20 · 28 · 33 +3
September 14, 2026	17 · 28 · 31 · 35 · 39 +3
September 12, 2026	20 · 23 · 24 · 26 · 37 +5
September 9, 2026	12 · 14 · 19 · 20 · 25 +5
September 7, 2026	2 · 10 · 19 · 37 · 41 +3
September 5, 2026	3 · 11 · 15 · 31 · 36 +1
September 2, 2026	4 · 12 · 19 · 32 · 41 +5
August 31, 2026	11 · 12 · 18 · 31 · 34 +4

Where this comes from

Every draw on this page came from the jurisdiction that ran it, and the matrix was derived from that published history rather than copied from a marketing page. The full archive, 1,948 Megabucks Plus draws in all, ships inside the app and works with no connection at all.

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