Mega Millions - story of number 42

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The latest story of Mega Millions number 42.

The most recent numbers are available on the latest Mega Millions results page. And if you're looking for the previous results, they are available on this page.

First things first... number 42 appeared in the Mega Millions results 245 times and a total of 22,645 times in the other 98 lottery games we analyze here at LottoMatic.

Let's break down the 245 times this particular lottery number showed up in the Mega Millions results...

Our analysis shows that it has a favorite day. Friday! This number has been in the Friday's Mega Millions results 127 times.

Now let us look at the chart below and see when was 42 hot number and when it cooled down during the last 100 drawings. This chart aims to reflect a realistic image of when and for how long this number is hot or cold.

Heat factor (hot/cold) chart for number 42 in Mega Millions

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On the other hand, Wednesday is a day when 42 is a little absent :) It only showed up 1 times.

The other days number 42 was a member of the winning results:

The best buddy of 42 is 14. They were drawn together 25 times in the Mega Millions results.
However, for some reason the same 42 and 66 only came out together 2 times.

We asked the statistics department how did number 42 do during each month of the year and they gave us an this answer:

Months Times drawn
Marches 29
Aprils 22
Augusts 22
Mays 21
Septembers 21
Februarys 20
Januarys 19
Decembers 18
Junes 17
Octobers 16

As for the years go, this number was drawn...

Year Times drawn
2001 14
2008 13
2017 12
2005 12
2007 11
2012 11
2013 11
1999 11
2018 10
2003 10
2006 9
2023 9
1997 9
2002 9
2004 9
2011 8
1998 8
2021 8
2019 7
2009 6
2015 6
2020 6
2022 5
2010 5
2016 5
2024 3
2014 3

Oh, and one more thing, last time number 42 was drawn in the Mega Millions was on 2024-02-16 but you probably knew that already :)

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