By Montserrat Arque
Aug 29, 2023, 11:41 AM EDT
Thousands and thousands of people in the United States and other parts of the world have placed their hopes in different lottery games, since in case they become winners of a maximum prize, without a doubt, this will come to completely change their lives.
One of the most popular games is, without a doubt, the Mega Millions, because it usually distributes hundreds of thousands of dollars and in recent years, several have benefited from millionaire prizes, such as the one that was distributed last August for more than $1.5 billion dollars.
It is important to explain that to win a Mega Millions prize, players must choose the number of 6 balls, 5 white and one gold. In the former, you can choose numbers from 1 to 70, while in the so-called Mega Ball, you must choose a number from 1 to 25.
The only way to win the accumulated bag is by hitting all the numbers; however, you can get money if you guess the number of each of the spheres.
It may be difficult to choose 6 numbers that go from 1 to 70; however, thanks to the statistics of each lottery game, we can know which ones come out more frequently, in this case, in the Mega Millions draws.
Below we tell you which are the 5 2-digit numbers that have appeared the most in Mega Millions draws in the last 8 years, according to information provided by the Lotto Numers website.
The 5 most frequently drawn 2-digit numbers in Mega Millions
According to the website mentioned above, from September 6, 1996 to the draw on August 1, 2023, the 2-digit numbers on the white balls that have appeared the most are: 31, 17, 46, 20 and 10.
In the same time frame, for the golden Mega Ball, the numbers greater than 10 that have come up the most are 10 and 15.
Also, since 2017, the 2-figure white balls that have been repeated the most are: 10,14, 17 and 46; while for the golden ball they are: 11, 18, 22 and 25.
On the other side of the coin, we have those 2-digit white balls that have been released the least since 2017, and they are: 49, 51, 50, 65 and 35. While the golden Mega Ball that has been released the least since then is 16 and 23 .
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