Mega Millions Stats Console — August 28, 2026 Analysis
Grab a coffee — this is the long-form Mega Millions breakdown. We chart the frequencies, measure the droughts and trace the sum curve across the last 50 draws.
The result
Official Mega Millions result for August 28, 2026.
A bottom-heavy result — the line added up to only 151, where 182 is typical. And 8 finally woke up, ending a 50-draw drought. No cooling off for 17, which hit yet again.
Frequency map
First layer: appearance counts for the full number pool over the last 50 draws:
Current leaders: 51 (8×), 48 (7×), 5 (6×), 17 (6×), 30 (6×).
Shape of the draws
Zooming out, the recent draws share some clear structural tendencies:
Across the last 50 draws, the most common odd/even split was 2 odd out of 5 (seen in 36% of draws), with an average of 2.5 odd numbers per line. 3 of the numbers typically landed in the lower half (1–35). 16% of draws contained at least one consecutive pair, and 39% repeated at least one number from the draw before.
Appearances by play-slip section (rows of ten).
Appearances by last digit (·0 through ·9).
Sum trend
Now the trend curve. The chart below tracks the total of each drawn line over recent draws:
Line totals have averaged 182 over the window, ranging from 112 to 288; the middle half of results landed between 153 and 204. Over the most recent 20 draws the total has been sliding downward (regression slope -2.4 per draw around an average of 182).
Gap report
Drought watch: these numbers have stayed off the board the longest:
6 currently leads the absence table at 48 draws without an appearance, followed by 11 (46), 28 (44), 69 (39). On the other side, a neighbor effect showed up in 51% of recent draws — a number one above or below a previous hit appearing next time out.
Two reference sets
We keep picks minimal here. Two reference lines for September 1, 2026, built straight from the stats above:
Illustrative only — every combination has the same chance in a random drawing.
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