Number 41

In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 rules — 158 draws, 5 from 1–70.

11times drawn · chance expected 11 −0.09σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 93% for any number

14.8average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0

27longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

41 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 11 times in 158 draws against 11.3 expected, −0.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 41, draw by draw

Drawn 11 times in 158 draws · average wait 14.8 draws · longest completed wait 27 · waiting 2 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 41 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest2 · chance 1.9
3rd smallest3 · chance 4.0
4th smallest6 · chance 3.6
5th smallest0 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 0.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 42 13 14 24 27

Never drawn alongside 36 of the other 69 numbers; chance expects about 36 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 41 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 36th most popular of 70. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 41 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-02	27	4th	6 37 40 41 55
2026-06-30	17	2nd	26 41 50 53 62
2026-05-01	1	4th	16 21 27 41 61
2026-04-28	9	3rd	14 36 41

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 41 is drawn with probability 5/70 tonight whatever it did last week.