Drawing summary
Worth noticing
#12 returned after a record-long gap
#12 had been missing for 20 drawings—a new tracked high.
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Mega Millions results for
Tue, May 5, 2026
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- Jackpot annuity
- $195M
- Cash value
- $86.3M
- Drawing date
- Tue, May 5, 2026
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Shape of the drawing
How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 112 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 190 A fairly typical total for this format
- Number span
- 43 A fairly typical spread
- Odd / even
- 2 / 3 This split appeared in about 32% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 2 / 3 This balance appeared in about 25% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–35 in this format.
- Largest gap
- 28 A typical largest gap
- Smallest gap
- 1 Smaller than most comparable drawings
- Average main number
- 38.0 Near the middle of comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
This drawing included one consecutive pair: 50 and 51.
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How similarity works
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Matching odd/even and low/high balances and the same main-number sum.
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Sources and method
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Source record: New York State Open Data .
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