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Mega Millions results for 2017
All 18 Mega Millions drawings held in 2017, from October 31, 2017 to December 29, 2017, with the year's frequency and shape analysis.
The year in numbers
Mega Millions held 18 drawings in 2017, starting on October 31, 2017 — the first drawing under the current 5 of 70 + 1 of 24 matrix. The five white balls averaged 167.9 per drawing, well below the long-run average of 174.3 for this matrix.
| Measure | 2017 | All 920 drawings |
|---|---|---|
| Drawings | 18 | 920 |
| Average sum | 167.9 | 174.3 |
| Drawings with consecutive numbers | 33.3% | 25.8% |
| Drawings repeating a ball from the previous one | 41.2% | 32.8% |
| All five balls in the lower half | 2 | 3.3% of drawings |
Most and least drawn numbers of 2017
With 18 drawings and five balls each, every number "should" appear about 1.3 times if the machine is fair. The spread below is what fair randomness actually looks like over a single year — a leader several appearances clear of the field, and a tail of numbers that barely showed up.
| Rank | Number | Times drawn | Share of 2017 drawings |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 42 | 5× | 27.8% |
| #2 | 10 | 4× | 22.2% |
| #3 | 22 | 4× | 22.2% |
| #4 | 28 | 4× | 22.2% |
| #5 | 1 | 3× | 16.7% |
Mega Millions's most frequent number in 2017 was 42, drawn 5 times — in 27.8% of the year's drawings. 18 numbers were never drawn at all in this period (2, 5, 9, 11, 13, 19, 29, 32, 34, 35, 43, 45, …). The most common Mega Ball was 3, with 2 appearances.
None of this predicts anything. A number that led one year has no better chance the next, and the ranking reshuffles completely from year to year — which is exactly what testing the full record against simulated fair draws shows.
Extremes of the year
The lowest-scoring drawing of 2017 came on November 14, 2017, when the five white balls added up to just 86:
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The highest was November 7, 2017, totalling 252 — a spread of 166 points across a single year:
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Every Mega Millions drawing in 2017
| Drawing date (ET) | Winning numbers | Sum | Odd/even | Low/high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 29, 2017 | 041018286207 | 122 | 0:5 | 4:1 |
| December 26, 2017 | 101220384125 | 121 | 1:4 | 3:2 |
| December 22, 2017 | 012030334216 | 126 | 2:3 | 4:1 |
| December 19, 2017 | 283739425802 | 204 | 2:3 | 1:4 |
| December 15, 2017 | 041236445719 | 153 | 1:4 | 2:3 |
| December 12, 2017 | 082324252709 | 107 | 3:2 | 5:0 |
| December 8, 2017 | 063746607024 | 219 | 1:4 | 1:4 |
| December 5, 2017 | 141537426722 | 175 | 3:2 | 2:3 |
| December 1, 2017 | 162240415908 | 178 | 2:3 | 2:3 |
| November 28, 2017 | 101747516105 | 186 | 4:1 | 2:3 |
| November 24, 2017 | 163654616422 | 231 | 1:4 | 1:4 |
| November 21, 2017 | 030722275003 | 109 | 3:2 | 4:1 |
| November 17, 2017 | 032655587015 | 212 | 2:3 | 2:3 |
| November 14, 2017 | 011421222819 | 86 | 2:3 | 5:0 |
| November 10, 2017 | 062338425824 | 167 | 1:4 | 2:3 |
| November 7, 2017 | 015460686911 | 252 | 2:3 | 1:4 |
| November 3, 2017 | 102242616903 | 204 | 2:3 | 2:3 |
| October 31, 2017 | 062831525312 | 170 | 2:3 | 3:2 |