Mega Millions Results — Friday, May 8, 2026
The winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday, May 8, 2026, with per-number history, draw signature breakdown, and our AI strategy verdict.
Analysis context: 2,499 prior Mega Millions draws on record up to this date.
Draw signature
242
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 are computed using only draws that pre-date Friday, May 8, 2026.
37
37 had been drawn
183 times before this draw
Last seen: 9 draws ago
Rank #48 of 70 9 draw gap 47
47 had been drawn
171 times before this draw
Last seen: 3 draws ago
Rank #53 of 70 3 draw gap 49
49 had been drawn
194 times before this draw
Last seen: 6 draws ago
Rank #39 of 70 6 draw gap 51
51 had been drawn
211 times before this draw
Last seen: appeared in the immediately previous draw
Rank #15 of 70 1 draw gap 58
58 had been drawn
104 times before this draw
Last seen: 5 draws ago
Rank #57 of 70 5 draw gap Mega Ball history
16
16 had been drawn
54 times before this draw
Last seen: 12 draws ago
Rank #24 of 25 12 draw gap AI Strategy verdict
Filtered out
Our AI strategy would have filtered this draw out.
- ✗ Sum within 100–200Draw sum is 242
- ✗ Parity 2:3 (odd:even)Draw is 4:1
- ✗ High/Low 2:3 (high:low, high = 36+)Draw is 5:0
- ✓ Max 2 consecutive number(s)Longest consecutive run is 1
- ✓ Max 4 per dozen groupTightest dozen has 2 of the draw's numbers
- ✓ Bonus sum within 1–25Bonus sum is 16
Stateless filters only. Hot/cold ranking and recent-draw exclusions depend on the historical window and are not shown here — run the Strategy Lab for the full backtest.
Comparison vs the previous 5 draws
Repeated from the previous draw: 51.
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Sum trend — oldest left, this draw highlighted.