The Mega Millions Ledger — July 28, 2026 in Numbers
This is the Mega Millions deep-dive: instead of a pile of picks, we pull the draw data apart — frequency, gaps, sums and shapes — so you can see exactly what the recent numbers have been doing.
The result
Official Mega Millions result for July 28, 2026.
This was a top-heavy draw — the line summed to 260, well above the recent average of 186. There it is again — a back-to-back pair (48–49) landed in this line. Meanwhile 49 keeps rolling — it's one of the hottest numbers of the current window.
Frequency map
First layer: appearance counts for the full number pool over the last 50 draws:
Current leaders: 36 (7×), 49 (7×), 5 (6×), 13 (6×), 21 (6×).
Shape of the draws
Zooming out, the recent draws share some clear structural tendencies:
Across the last 50 draws, the most common odd/even split was 2 odd out of 5 (seen in 36% of draws), with an average of 2.6 odd numbers per line. 2 of the numbers typically landed in the lower half (1–35). 16% of draws contained at least one consecutive pair, and 39% repeated at least one number from the draw before.
Appearances by play-slip section (rows of ten).
Appearances by last digit (·0 through ·9).
Sum trend
Is the board running high or low? The sum trend over recent draws:
Line totals have averaged 186 over the window, ranging from 112 to 288; the middle half of results landed between 156 and 211. Over the most recent 20 draws the total has been drifting upward (regression slope 1.2 per draw around an average of 187).
Gap report
Every number has a clock on it. The current absence leaders:
8 currently leads the absence table at 41 draws without an appearance, followed by 6 (39), 11 (37), 28 (35). On the other side, a neighbor effect showed up in 49% of recent draws — a number one above or below a previous hit appearing next time out.
Two reference sets
For readers who want a takeaway, the model condensed all of the above into two reference sets for July 31, 2026 — one frequency-led, one balance-led:
Illustrative only — every combination has the same chance in a random drawing.
That's the full report. Everything above refreshes automatically after each draw — and if you'd like the same analysis in your pocket, the free Lottery Ticket Studio app has it.
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