Drawings in this set that included it.
Count if every number in the pool shared the drawings equally.
By appearances in this pool, tied with 3 other numbers.
September 1, 2026.
Drawings since the last appearance in this set.
Most consecutive drawings missed inside this set.
What the archive shows
Mega Millions white ball 1 is tracked here on the current matrix: 5 white balls from 1 through 70, from October 31, 2017 through November 10, 2026. Drawings outside that window are in the full NY Open Data file, and they are reported separately because they used a different field.
In these 943 drawings it appeared 64 times. That is within 5 percent of the even-split count of 67.4. An even split gives every white ball the same share of those drawings, because five white balls are drawn from the field each time. The median count in this pool of 70 is 67.0. Mega Millions white ball 1 ranks 46th, tied with 3 other numbers.
The last appearance was September 1, 2026, which is 20 drawings ago. That gap ranks 11th longest in the pool, tied with 1 other number. The longest miss lasted 78 drawings, after July 23, 2019 and before it returned on April 24, 2020.
The appearance before the latest one was August 21, 2026, 3 drawings earlier. Across every pair of successive hits, the average distance is 14.6 drawings, and that average includes the drawing that brought the number back.
Among complete calendar years in this set (2018–2025), 2018 had the most appearances, 16. 2019 had the fewest, 2. In the latest 100 drawings of this set it appeared 6 times, and in the latest 25 it appeared 2 times. Those windows are a recent stretch of drawings already held.
The most recent line was September 1, 2026: white balls 1, 22, 51, 61, 63, and Mega Ball 17.
When Mega Millions white ball 1 was drawn, the other white balls beside it most often were white ball 25 (8 times), white ball 17 (7 times), and white ball 20 (7 times). A pair that leads this list is a pair that happened. The next drawing still takes five white balls from the full field.
The Mega Ball values in those same drawings were led by Mega Ball 7 (5 times), Mega Ball 17 (5 times), and Mega Ball 22 (5 times).
The neighboring white balls in this same set: white ball 2 (67 appearances). Neighbors are next to each other on the number line only. They are separate balls in the machine.
The full file holds 2,556 drawings and records 183 appearances of Mega Millions white ball 1. The earliest of them is September 20, 2002. The full-file count mixes older matrices, so it is the wrong denominator for a current-game rate. Use the matrix count above for that comparison.
A gap of 20 drawings leaves the odds unchanged. Each current Mega Millions white ball has a 5-in-70 chance on the next drawing. The hot, cold, and overdue guide and the odds guide explain that at more length. This page is a record of the archive fetched November 12, 2026.
Recent drawings in this set
- September 1, 2026: white balls 1, 22, 51, 61, 63, and Mega Ball 17
- August 21, 2026: white balls 1, 25, 34, 48, 57, and Mega Ball 24
- August 11, 2026: white balls 1, 20, 30, 46, 68, and Mega Ball 17
- May 26, 2026: white balls 1, 5, 49, 51, 59, and Mega Ball 7
- April 21, 2026: white balls 1, 36, 43, 56, 58, and Mega Ball 7
- December 19, 2025: white balls 1, 11, 27, 39, 59, and Mega Ball 18
- November 14, 2025: white balls 1, 8, 11, 12, 57, and Mega Ball 7
- August 12, 2025: white balls 1, 8, 31, 56, 67, and Mega Ball 23
Next: Mega Millions white ball 2
Related
- Hot, cold, and overdue numbers
- Mega Millions white ball 2
- Mega Millions white ball 25
- Mega Millions white ball 17