The numbers covered a lot of ground
Stands outThey stretched across 66 numbers—a wider spread than 98% of comparable drawings.
Mega Millions results for
Fri, Oct 16, 2026
Winning numbers
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- Jackpot annuity
- $403M
- Cash value
- $162.1M
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- Drawing date
- Fri, Oct 16, 2026
About this drawing
A factual look at the winning numbers.
The five main numbers included 3 odd and 2 even, with a combined sum of 157.
1 main number also appeared in the previous drawing: 15.
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Historical context
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#15 did it again
Worth noticing#15 appeared in back-to-back drawings.
Explore #15#31 returned after a record-long gap
Record#31 had been missing for 29 drawings—the longest observed gap for this number in WTN’s stored eligible record. That historical maximum does not, by itself, place the drawing outside ordinary random variation.
Explore #31Shape of the drawing
How the five main numbers landed
Compared with 159 Mega Millions drawings played earlier under the same number format.
- Main-number sum
- 157 A fairly typical total for this format
- Number span
- 66 Wider than nearly all comparable drawings
- Odd / even
- 3 / 2 This split appeared in about 30% 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
- 27 A typical largest gap
- Smallest gap
- 10 Larger than nearly all comparable drawings
- Average main number
- 31.4 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
Published from the latest available source record; verification is still in progress.
Source record: Multi-State Lottery Association draw feed .
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