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 2 other numbers.
October 20, 2026.
Drawings since the last appearance in this set.
Most consecutive drawings missed inside this set.
What the archive shows
Mega Millions white ball 48 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 72 times. That is 4.6 appearances above 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 48 ranks 21st, tied with 2 other numbers.
The last appearance was October 20, 2026, which is 6 drawings ago. That gap ranks 37th longest in the pool, tied with 4 other numbers. The longest miss lasted 90 drawings, after July 14, 2023 and before it returned on May 28, 2024.
The appearance before the latest one was August 25, 2026, 16 drawings earlier. Across every pair of successive hits, the average distance is 12.8 drawings, and that average includes the drawing that brought the number back.
Among complete calendar years in this set (2018–2025), 2019 had the most appearances, 17. 2023 had the fewest, 4. In the latest 100 drawings of this set it appeared 10 times, and in the latest 25 it appeared 3 times. Those windows are a recent stretch of drawings already held.
The most recent line was October 20, 2026: white balls 13, 28, 33, 35, 48, and Mega Ball 3.
When Mega Millions white ball 48 was drawn, the other white balls beside it most often were white ball 8 (8 times), white ball 22 (8 times), and white ball 58 (8 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 (6 times), Mega Ball 4 (5 times), and Mega Ball 10 (5 times).
The neighboring white balls in this same set: white ball 47 (59 appearances) and white ball 49 (60 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 221 appearances of Mega Millions white ball 48. The earliest of them is June 4, 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 6 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 20, 2026: white balls 13, 28, 33, 35, 48, and Mega Ball 3
- August 25, 2026: white balls 7, 10, 47, 48, 50, and Mega Ball 14
- August 21, 2026: white balls 1, 25, 34, 48, 57, and Mega Ball 24
- July 28, 2026: white balls 34, 48, 49, 59, 70, and Mega Ball 12
- July 17, 2026: white balls 22, 34, 45, 48, 55, and Mega Ball 14
- July 14, 2026: white balls 2, 4, 10, 48, 56, and Mega Ball 22
- June 23, 2026: white balls 48, 51, 60, 63, 66, and Mega Ball 20
- June 2, 2026: white balls 15, 26, 43, 48, 60, and Mega Ball 12
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- Hot, cold, and overdue numbers
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