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.
November 6, 2026.
Drawings since the last appearance in this set.
Most consecutive drawings missed inside this set.
What the archive shows
Mega Millions white ball 53 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 65 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 53 ranks 43rd, tied with 2 other numbers.
The last appearance was November 6, 2026, which is 1 drawings ago. That gap ranks 61st longest in the pool, tied with 4 other numbers. The longest miss lasted 75 drawings, after February 4, 2025 and before it returned on October 28, 2025.
The appearance before the latest one was September 11, 2026, 16 drawings earlier. Across every pair of successive hits, the average distance is 14.7 drawings, and that average includes the drawing that brought the number back.
Among complete calendar years in this set (2018–2025), 2020 and 2022 each had the most appearances, 10. 2025 had the fewest, 3. In the latest 100 drawings of this set it appeared 8 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 November 6, 2026: white balls 27, 34, 44, 53, 64, and Mega Ball 1.
When Mega Millions white ball 53 was drawn, the other white balls beside it most often were white ball 15 (8 times), white ball 56 (8 times), and white ball 23 (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 11 (6 times), Mega Ball 16 (6 times), and Mega Ball 22 (6 times).
The neighboring white balls in this same set: white ball 52 (67 appearances) and white ball 54 (59 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 184 appearances of Mega Millions white ball 53. The earliest of them is July 12, 2005. 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 1 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
- November 6, 2026: white balls 27, 34, 44, 53, 64, and Mega Ball 1
- September 11, 2026: white balls 3, 30, 33, 53, 62, and Mega Ball 22
- June 30, 2026: white balls 26, 41, 50, 53, 62, and Mega Ball 12
- June 16, 2026: white balls 12, 20, 53, 67, 70, and Mega Ball 12
- March 24, 2026: white balls 4, 13, 52, 53, 69, and Mega Ball 10
- March 3, 2026: white balls 7, 21, 53, 54, 62, and Mega Ball 16
- January 23, 2026: white balls 30, 42, 49, 53, 66, and Mega Ball 4
- December 2, 2025: white balls 17, 25, 26, 53, 60, and Mega Ball 16
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Related
- Hot, cold, and overdue numbers
- Mega Millions white ball 52
- Mega Millions white ball 54
- Mega Millions white ball 15
- Mega Millions white ball 56