The numbers covered a lot of ground
Worth noticingThey stretched across 64 numbers—a wider spread than 95% of comparable drawings.
Mega Millions results for
Fri, Sep 18, 2026
Winning numbers
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- Jackpot annuity
- $244M
- Cash value
- $103.5M
- Jackpot context
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- Drawing date
- Fri, Sep 18, 2026
About this drawing
A factual look at the winning numbers.
The five main numbers included 1 odd and 4 even, with a combined sum of 161.
No main numbers repeated from the previous drawing.
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Historical context
Inside this drawing
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These numbers have history together
Worth noticing5 of their 10 possible pairs had appeared together more often than expected.
#24 has been showing up less lately
Worth noticing#24 appeared 42% less often recently than over the last 500 drawings.
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How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 151 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 161 A fairly typical total for this format
- Number span
- 64 Wider than nearly all comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 1 / 4 This split appeared in about 13% of comparable drawings
- Low / high
- 3 / 2 This balance appeared in about 38% of comparable drawingsLow numbers are 1–35 in this format.
More shape measurements
- Largest gap
- 32 Larger than most comparable drawings
- Smallest gap
- 5 A typical closest pairing
- Average main number
- 32.2 Near the middle of comparable drawings
- Number bands
- Main numbers grouped in bands of ten
No main numbers formed a consecutive pair.
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Sources and method
Confirmed by multiple source records.
Source records: New York State Open Data, Multi-State Lottery Association draw feed .
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