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 23, 2026.
Drawings since the last appearance in this set.
Most consecutive drawings missed inside this set.
What the archive shows
Mega Millions white ball 51 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 51 ranks 67th, tied with 3 other numbers.
The last appearance was October 23, 2026, which is 5 drawings ago. That gap ranks 42nd longest in the pool, tied with 3 other numbers. The longest miss lasted 95 drawings, after September 11, 2018 and before it returned on August 13, 2019.
The appearance before the latest one was October 6, 2026, 5 drawings earlier. Across every pair of successive hits, the average distance is 17.5 drawings, and that average includes the drawing that brought the number back.
Among complete calendar years in this set (2018–2025), 2023 and 2024 each had the most appearances, 8. 2019 and 2025 each had the fewest, 2. In the latest 100 drawings of this set it appeared 11 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 23, 2026: white balls 3, 7, 46, 49, 51, and Mega Ball 5.
When Mega Millions white ball 51 was drawn, the other white balls beside it most often were white ball 17 (7 times), white ball 43 (7 times), and white ball 48 (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 5 (6 times), Mega Ball 4 (5 times), and Mega Ball 21 (5 times).
The neighboring white balls in this same set: white ball 50 (56 appearances) and white ball 52 (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 220 appearances of Mega Millions white ball 51. The earliest of them is June 28, 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 5 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 23, 2026: white balls 3, 7, 46, 49, 51, and Mega Ball 5
- October 6, 2026: white balls 26, 32, 42, 51, 54, and Mega Ball 22
- September 1, 2026: white balls 1, 22, 51, 61, 63, and Mega Ball 17
- August 4, 2026: white balls 14, 21, 51, 55, 65, and Mega Ball 21
- July 31, 2026: white balls 4, 18, 26, 43, 51, and Mega Ball 4
- June 23, 2026: white balls 48, 51, 60, 63, 66, and Mega Ball 20
- June 12, 2026: white balls 9, 17, 24, 39, 51, and Mega Ball 3
- May 26, 2026: white balls 1, 5, 49, 51, 59, and Mega Ball 7
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Related
- Hot, cold, and overdue numbers
- Mega Millions white ball 50
- Mega Millions white ball 52
- Mega Millions white ball 17
- Mega Millions white ball 43