Drawing summary
Worth noticing
#38 returned after 3 drawings
#38's typical absence is 10 drawings.
Investigate #38 in Number Explorer
Mega Millions results for
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
Winning numbers
Select supported winning balls to investigate them in Number Explorer.
- Drawing date
- Tue, Mar 17, 2026
Historical Combination Explorer
Explore how these numbers appeared together.
Search earlier drawings for exact and partial matches involving this winning combination.
Draw intelligence
Inside this drawing
Structural comparisons use only earlier Mega Millions drawings played with the same main and bonus number ranges.
Shape of the drawing
How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 98 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 121 Lower than most comparable drawings
- Number span
- 46 A fairly typical spread
- Odd / even
- 1 / 4 This split appeared in about 14% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 3 / 2 This balance appeared in about 37% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–35 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 20 A typical largest gap
- Smallest gap
- 7 Larger than most comparable drawings
- Average main number
- 24.2 Lower than most comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
No main numbers formed a consecutive pair.
Each valid combination has the same chance in a future drawing. Review the methodology.
Similar historical drawings
Draws with a similar shape
These earlier drawings share several structural traits with this result. Similarity describes completed drawings and does not predict what comes next.
How similarity works
Matches compare main-number sum, span, odd/even and low/high balance, consecutive pairs, and adjacent gaps within the same number format. The closest score wins; equally close drawings are ordered newest first.
810224047
1
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and a similar main-number sum.
View this drawing
819263842
24
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and a similar distribution across number bands.
View this drawing
613344352
4
The same 3 low / 2 high balance and the same number spread.
View this drawing
222274258
8
Matching odd/even and low/high balances and no consecutive numbers in either drawing.
View this drawingFollow the numbers
Explore supported numbers.
Number Explorer links are available for winning balls supported by the current game format.
Sources and method
Confirmed from an authoritative public record.
Source record: New York State Open Data .
Work The Numbers is an independent historical analysis platform and is not affiliated with or endorsed by a lottery operator.