Mega Millions · White ball profile
White ball 42 history and statistics
How number 42 has appeared across 912 Mega Millions drawings since the October 2017 format change.
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What the numbers mean
Across 912 drawings, White ball 42 appeared 77 times. A perfectly fair draw would produce about 65.1 appearances, so this number is running 18.2% more than expected. Gaps of this size still occur regularly by chance alone and do not indicate any bias in the drawing equipment. On average that is 8.8 appearances per year.
Each drawing is independent. Nothing on this page changes the odds of White ball 42 being drawn next time—those odds are 5 in 70 every single draw, regardless of history.
Recent performance
Number 42 by drawing range
Appearance history
Most recent appearances
Draw alerts
The numbers, as soon as they are drawn.
Winning numbers after each drawing, or a weekly summary of how the statistics moved. No picks, no predictions, no hype.
Historical patterns are not predictions.
Every valid Mega Millions combination has the same mathematical probability in the next independent drawing.