Mega Millions Results — Friday, May 1, 2026
The winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday, May 1, 2026, with per-number history, draw signature breakdown, and our AI strategy verdict.
Analysis context: 887 earlier Mega Millions draws on record since October 31, 2017, when the current main numbers began.
Draw signature
166
Sum
of all 5 main numbers
4:1
Odd : Even
4 odd, 1 even
1
Max consecutive
longest adjacent run
Per-number history
For each winning number, frequency and gap use only draws before Friday, May 1, 2026 played with the current numbers: main numbers since October 31, 2017, Mega Ball since April 8, 2025.
16
16 had been drawn
64 times before this draw
Last seen: 2 draws ago
Rank #29 of 70 2-draw gap 21
21 had been drawn
59 times before this draw
Last seen: 5 draws ago
Rank #50 of 70 5-draw gap 27
27 had been drawn
64 times before this draw
Last seen: 10 draws ago
Rank #31 of 70 10-draw gap 41
41 had been drawn
56 times before this draw
Last seen: appeared in the immediately previous draw
Rank #55 of 70 1-draw gap 61
61 had been drawn
61 times before this draw
Last seen: 53 draws ago
Rank #45 of 70 53-draw gap Mega Ball history
24
24 had been drawn
8 times before this draw
Last seen: 13 draws ago
Rank #1 of 24 13-draw gap AI Strategy verdict
Filtered out
Our AI strategy would have filtered this draw out.
- ✓ Sum within 100–200Draw sum is 166
- ✗ Parity 2:3 (odd:even)Draw is 4:1
- ✓ High/Low 2:3 (high:low, high = 36+)Draw is 2:3
- ✓ Max 2 consecutive numbersLongest consecutive run is 1
- ✓ Max 4 per dozen groupTightest dozen has 2 of the draw's numbers
- ✓ Bonus sum within 1–24Bonus sum is 24
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Comparison vs the previous 5 draws
Repeated from the previous draw: 41.
188236194130204166
Sum trend — oldest left, this draw highlighted.