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Mega Millions · draw

Friday, 16 October 2026

ResultMega Millions

Verified
  1. 2
  2. 15
  3. 31
  4. 41
  5. 68
  6. 11

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025draw 160 of 160 under them

← 2026-10-13All recent drawsLatest on record

Where this result came from

Sources2 independent sources agree, 1 official. Settled 17 Oct 2026, 05:45 UTC.

  • Secondary 5official2 15 31 41 68 + 1117 Oct 2026, 05:45 UTC
  • Primarycommercial feed2 15 31 41 68 + 1117 Oct 2026, 05:45 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 October 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd66th
  • low66th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours37th
  • spread97th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

213times
159times
3110times
4111times
68

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14times
Stars · a separate 1-of-24 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 7 of each

113times

Every number was expected about that many times after 159 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 5 numbers (2, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 7 July 2026 — its closest relative in 159 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 October 2026): 15 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

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Sum and shape

157

The numbers add up to 157 — the 32th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 178. No two numbers side by side. 26% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 29 draws. A number waits about 14 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

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