Mega Millions hot and cold wheel, tested on every draw

Mega Millions has been drawn as 5 numbers from 70 plus a Mega Ball from 24 since April 2025. Everything on this page counts only the 161 draws since that change.

Every draw, take the 5 numbers drawn most often in the previous 10 draws and the 5 drawn least often — 10 numbers — and buy the 16-line wheel that guarantees 4th prize if all 5 winning numbers are among them. Played against every Mega Millions draw from #11 to #161 (2026-10-20), that is 151 draws and 2,416 lines bought.

Best result ever
6th
prize, draw #14
Jackpots
0
in 151 draws
Draws that won something
4
2.6% of draws
Guarantee actually triggered
0
times all 5 winning numbers were inside the 10

The guarantee never came into play. In all 151 draws, the 5 winning numbers were never once all inside the 10 that this rule picked — so the 4th prize guarantee, which only applies when they are, was never owed. Everything won below was won without it.

What each draw did

Draw The 10 numbers picked Lines In the draw Best prize Winning lines
#161
2026-10-20 		01 02 03 05 08 14 15 40 41 68 16 0 of 5 — 0
#160
2026-10-16 		01 05 07 08 14 15 16 17 40 68 16 2 of 5 — 0
#159
2026-10-13 		01 05 07 08 11 12 16 26 58 68 16 2 of 5 — 0
#158
2026-10-09 		01 02 05 06 08 11 26 37 58 68 16 1 of 5 — 0
#157
2026-10-06 		02 05 06 08 11 12 27 37 58 68 16 0 of 5 — 0
#156
2026-10-02 		02 05 11 12 14 26 27 57 58 68 16 0 of 5 — 0
#155
2026-09-29 		02 05 07 11 12 14 26 57 58 68 16 0 of 5 — 0
#154
2026-09-25 		02 05 07 11 12 14 26 43 57 68 16 2 of 5 — 0
#153
2026-09-22 		02 11 12 13 14 17 30 43 57 58 16 1 of 5 — 0
#152
2026-09-18 		02 04 09 11 12 27 30 43 57 58 16 2 of 5 — 0
#151
2026-09-15 		01 02 03 04 09 11 12 17 30 34 16 0 of 5 — 0
#150
2026-09-11 		01 02 04 09 11 12 17 30 34 59 16 1 of 5 — 0
#149
2026-09-08 		01 02 04 09 11 12 34 51 59 61 16 0 of 5 — 0
#148
2026-09-04 		01 02 06 09 11 12 17 48 51 55 16 1 of 5 — 0
#147
2026-09-01 		01 02 06 09 11 12 17 34 48 55 16 1 of 5 — 0
#146
2026-08-28 		01 05 06 08 09 11 12 34 48 57 16 1 of 5 — 0
#145
2026-08-25 		01 06 07 08 09 10 25 34 48 59 16 3 of 5 6th 1
#144
2026-08-21 		05 06 07 08 09 10 30 46 59 60 16 0 of 5 — 0
#143
2026-08-18 		06 07 08 09 11 20 46 48 60 68 16 0 of 5 — 0
#142
2026-08-14 		02 03 06 07 08 09 20 46 48 68 16 2 of 5 — 0
#141
2026-08-11 		01 02 03 04 06 07 08 48 51 55 16 1 of 5 — 0
#140
2026-08-07 		01 02 03 04 06 07 08 48 51 55 16 0 of 5 — 0
#139
2026-08-04 		01 02 03 04 06 07 08 26 34 48 16 0 of 5 — 0
#138
2026-07-31 		01 02 03 05 06 07 08 34 48 59 16 0 of 5 — 0
#137
2026-07-28 		01 02 03 05 06 07 08 44 48 60 16 1 of 5 — 0
#136
2026-07-24 		01 02 03 05 06 07 08 48 56 63 16 2 of 5 — 0
#135
2026-07-21 		01 02 03 05 06 07 08 48 56 63 16 0 of 5 — 0
#134
2026-07-17 		01 02 03 06 07 08 39 48 56 63 16 1 of 5 — 0
#133
2026-07-14 		01 02 03 04 06 07 09 36 39 63 16 2 of 5 — 0
#132
2026-07-10 		01 03 04 06 07 09 13 30 36 50 16 0 of 5 — 0
#131
2026-07-07 		01 02 03 04 06 09 13 26 30 50 16 1 of 5 — 0
#130
2026-07-03 		01 02 03 04 06 13 26 30 50 53 16 0 of 5 — 0
#129
2026-06-30 		02 03 04 05 06 07 13 30 51 52 16 0 of 5 — 0
#128
2026-06-26 		02 04 06 07 08 13 48 51 60 66 16 1 of 5 — 0
#127
2026-06-23 		02 04 06 07 08 09 13 24 26 50 16 0 of 5 — 0
#126
2026-06-19 		02 04 06 07 08 09 17 24 30 51 16 0 of 5 — 0
#125
2026-06-16 		02 04 06 07 08 09 17 24 30 51 16 0 of 5 — 0
#124
2026-06-12 		02 04 06 07 08 26 30 40 47 52 16 0 of 5 — 0
#123
2026-06-09 		02 04 06 07 08 26 47 50 51 52 16 0 of 5 — 0
#122
2026-06-05 		02 04 06 07 08 26 47 51 59 61 16 0 of 5 — 0
#121
2026-06-02 		02 04 06 07 08 47 49 51 59 61 16 0 of 5 — 0
#120
2026-05-29 		02 04 06 08 09 22 47 49 51 61 16 1 of 5 — 0
#119
2026-05-26 		02 04 05 06 08 22 34 47 56 61 16 1 of 5 — 0
#118
2026-05-22 		02 03 04 05 06 17 32 47 56 61 16 2 of 5 — 0
#117
2026-05-19 		02 03 04 05 06 17 32 35 47 61 16 0 of 5 — 0
#116
2026-05-15 		02 04 05 06 08 17 32 36 47 49 16 1 of 5 — 0
#115
2026-05-12 		02 04 06 08 09 36 37 47 49 51 16 1 of 5 — 0
#114
2026-05-08 		02 04 06 08 09 16 21 22 36 41 16 0 of 5 — 0
#113
2026-05-05 		02 04 06 08 09 16 21 35 36 41 16 0 of 5 — 0
#112
2026-05-01 		02 04 06 08 09 35 36 41 43 62 16 1 of 5 — 0
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A number shown faded was not drawn that time. "In the draw" counts how many of the draw's own 5 numbers were inside the 10 picked — the guarantee only applies at 5 of 5. Prize tiers are worked out from the numbers; this page does not show prize money, because the operator's per-draw amounts are not held on this site.

The same 10 numbers for draw #162 — the one being drawn next

Every row above is a draw that has already happened. The same rule applied to the 10 most recent draws gives 10 numbers for the draw that has not been made yet, and the 16 lines that go with them.

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