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.
October 27, 2026.
Drawings since the last appearance in this set.
Most consecutive drawings missed inside this set.
What the archive shows
Mega Millions white ball 45 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 54 times. That is 13.4 appearances below 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 45 ranks 67th, tied with 3 other numbers.
The last appearance was October 27, 2026, which is 4 drawings ago. That gap ranks 46th longest in the pool, tied with 4 other numbers. The longest miss lasted 71 drawings, after October 16, 2018 and before it returned on June 25, 2019.
The appearance before the latest one was July 17, 2026, 29 drawings earlier. Across every pair of successive hits, the average distance is 16.8 drawings, and that average includes the drawing that brought the number back.
Among complete calendar years in this set (2018–2025), 2023 had the most appearances, 9. 2019 had the fewest, 3. In the latest 100 drawings of this set it appeared 4 times, and in the latest 25 it appeared 1 time. Those windows are a recent stretch of drawings already held.
The most recent line was October 27, 2026: white balls 14, 19, 21, 45, 67, and Mega Ball 3.
When Mega Millions white ball 45 was drawn, the other white balls beside it most often were white ball 35 (7 times), white ball 68 (7 times), and white ball 31 (6 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 12 (5 times), Mega Ball 3 (4 times), and Mega Ball 13 (4 times).
The neighboring white balls in this same set: white ball 44 (67 appearances) and white ball 46 (74 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 193 appearances of Mega Millions white ball 45. The earliest of them is May 31, 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 4 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
- October 27, 2026: white balls 14, 19, 21, 45, 67, and Mega Ball 3
- July 17, 2026: white balls 22, 34, 45, 48, 55, and Mega Ball 14
- April 3, 2026: white balls 31, 45, 62, 63, 68, and Mega Ball 15
- March 31, 2026: white balls 18, 35, 45, 60, 65, and Mega Ball 17
- October 7, 2025: white balls 17, 26, 33, 45, 56, and Mega Ball 19
- August 29, 2025: white balls 13, 31, 32, 44, 45, and Mega Ball 21
- June 10, 2025: white balls 10, 11, 14, 38, 45, and Mega Ball 24
- June 3, 2025: white balls 16, 24, 29, 36, 45, and Mega Ball 13
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- Hot, cold, and overdue numbers
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- Mega Millions white ball 35
- Mega Millions white ball 68