Hot & cold numbers
Mega Millions hot & cold numbers
Hot: drawn most often
- 304×
- 574×
- 684×
- 13×
- 173×
Cold: drawn least often
- 490×
- 520×
- 640×
- 650×
- 690×
Across the last 15 draws. Hot and cold describe what has already happened.
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The most- and least-drawn Mega Millions numbers across the 15 most recent draws. “Hot” and “cold” describe what has already happened; they don’t make a number more or less likely next time.
A Mega Millions hot or cold run is measured over Tuesday and Friday draws only, so short streaks are normal. The lists below rank what has already been drawn most and least often lately, and the Mega Ball is tracked in its own 1 to 24 pool.
Latest results as of Sep 25, 2026. Updated daily.
The whole Mega Millions pool, hot to cold
Brighter balls came up more often in the last 15 draws; outlined ones were not drawn at all. The white ring marks the latest draw.
Hot: most frequent
Drawn most often recently
- #304×
- #574×
- #684×
- #13×
- #173×
- #583×
Cold: least frequent
Drawn least often (or not yet) recently
- #490×
- #520×
- #640×
- #650×
- #690×
- #700×
Mega Ball: its own pool
Drawn from a second machine, so the Mega Ball is ranked separately from the main numbers.
Hot: most frequent
- Mega Ball 162×
- Mega Ball 172×
- Mega Ball 242×
- Mega Ball 11×
- Mega Ball 21×
- Mega Ball 81×
Cold: least frequent
- 100×
- 130×
- 150×
- 180×
- 190×
- 210×
Questions people ask
- Do cold Mega Millions numbers become more likely over time?
- No. Each draw is independent of the ones before it, so a number drawn less often recently is not more likely to appear next. Cold simply means it has shown up less across the recent window.
- What counts as a hot Mega Millions number?
- A hot number is one that has appeared more often than others across the recent draws listed here. It describes past frequency only and does not make any number more likely in the next draw.
On this day in history
On September 27 (the world’s first public steam railway opened in 1825), across the 8 times Mega Millions has drawn on this date, the numbers that come up most often are 14, 27, 20, 23, 26, 28, and 36.
- 14, drawn 3 times
- 27, drawn 3 times
- 20, drawn 2 times
- 23, drawn 2 times
- 26, drawn 2 times
- 28, drawn 2 times
- 36, drawn 2 times
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