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 30, 2026.
Drawings since the last appearance in this set.
Most consecutive drawings missed inside this set.
What the archive shows
Mega Millions white ball 49 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 60 times. That is 7.4 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 49 ranks 56th, tied with 2 other numbers.
The last appearance was October 30, 2026, which is 3 drawings ago. That gap ranks 51st longest in the pool, tied with 4 other numbers. The longest miss lasted 85 drawings, after April 29, 2022 and before it returned on February 24, 2023.
The appearance before the latest one was October 23, 2026, 2 drawings earlier. Across every pair of successive hits, the average distance is 15.5 drawings, and that average includes the drawing that brought the number back.
Among complete calendar years in this set (2018–2025), 2025 had the most appearances, 12. 2022 had the fewest, 1. In the latest 100 drawings of this set it appeared 12 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 October 30, 2026: white balls 5, 10, 38, 49, 68, and Mega Ball 17.
When Mega Millions white ball 49 was drawn, the other white balls beside it most often were white ball 2 (8 times), white ball 12 (8 times), and white ball 66 (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 23 (7 times), Mega Ball 6 (5 times), and Mega Ball 7 (4 times).
The neighboring white balls in this same set: white ball 48 (72 appearances) and white ball 50 (56 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 199 appearances of Mega Millions white ball 49. The earliest of them is June 21, 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 3 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 30, 2026: white balls 5, 10, 38, 49, 68, and Mega Ball 17
- October 23, 2026: white balls 3, 7, 46, 49, 51, and Mega Ball 5
- July 28, 2026: white balls 34, 48, 49, 59, 70, and Mega Ball 12
- May 26, 2026: white balls 1, 5, 49, 51, 59, and Mega Ball 7
- May 8, 2026: white balls 37, 47, 49, 51, 58, and Mega Ball 16
- April 17, 2026: white balls 38, 43, 44, 49, 62, and Mega Ball 8
- April 10, 2026: white balls 3, 18, 36, 42, 49, and Mega Ball 6
- February 24, 2026: white balls 12, 39, 43, 49, 55, and Mega Ball 23
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Related
- Hot, cold, and overdue numbers
- Mega Millions white ball 48
- Mega Millions white ball 50
- Mega Millions white ball 2
- Mega Millions white ball 12