Two New Millionaires In Florida But No Jackpot Winner, Mega Millions Grows To 1.35 Billion

Feeling lucky? The next Mega Millions drawing is this Friday the 13th. And it's a biggie. One billion three hundred fifty million. 16 people got 5 numbers right but missed the gold Mega Ball, including 2 winners here in Florida. Check your tickets.

Two people in Florida are now millionaires. One scored a milly, the person who chose Megaplier gets 3 million.

So it grows. According to the Ohio Lottery, " a gigantic prize of $1.35 billion ($707.9 million cash) is estimated for Friday, January 13. If won at that amount, it would be the second largest jackpot in Mega Millions history!"

This Mega Millions jackpot has been growing since October 14th, when someone in Fort Myers Florida shared the 502 million jackpot with someone in California. I remember that drawing because it was just a couple of weeks after Hurricane Ian. They bought the ticket at a 7-11. We don't yet know the name of the person in Fort Myers who won. The lottery releases the name of the winner 90 days after they claim their prize which they did, about 2 months ago.

In addition, what about drawings on Friday the 13th? The lottery keeps stats on that, too. "Michigan has been particularly lucky with Mega Millions jackpots on Friday the 13th, winning four of them (June 2008, May 2011, June 2014 and October 2017). That 2017 jackpot was shared with a winner in Rhode Island. Other jackpots on Friday the 13th have been won in New York (March 2009) and Ohio (November 2015). None of them, however, came close in size to the estimated $1.35 billion up for grabs later this week."

It's January and the Mega Millions jackpot has now surpassed a billion dollars. Clearly, there's two different ways to play the numbers. You can let the computer pick for you, or you can get that card and pick them yourself. If you're the latter, what system do you choose? Kids birthdays, anniversaries, and dates like that are common. I use math. Before we continue, in full disclosure, I've picked numbers using this system and have not won anything. I only play when the jackpot gets big and using this system I got nothing right on the 7/26/2022 drawing. But what if?

Here are the 10 Most Drawn numbers and Mega Balls Based on 541 drawings since Tuesday, October 31, 2017  as of this data on January 4th, 2022. So when I say a number has come up "46 times", it means since 10/31/2017.

We’ll also look at which Mega Ball pops up the most. Gotta get both right if you’re going to win that money. I’m not saying these will be the numbers that will make you win. Just saying, these numbers tend to come up more. #science

For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com. If you want the same data, but for Powerball, that’s here. This list is just for fun.

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Highest on the list is the number 14 has been drawn 52 times in this time frame and 5 times since July 22nd. It's been hot, but will it stay hot? It last showed up on December 13th.

It's come up 51 times, but we haven't seen it since November 11th.

10 has popped up 49 times in the time range but we have not seen 10 in a long time. Not since August 9th.

49 times. Last seen around Thanksgiving, on November 25th.

Also has been drawn 49 times in this time range. It last showed on December 23rd.

A little less frequent. 47 times with the last on December 16th.

The number 3 has shown up 46 times in the last 541 drawings. Last one was on December 39th.

The number 4 has shown up 46 times. Last on December 20th.

46 has come up 46 times. Fun. We last saw it on December 2nd.

64 has also come up 46 times. Saw it last on September 23rd.

Mega Ball 22 is the clear winner with 32 draws in the time frame. We last saw MB22 on November 11th.

MB11 has come down the chute 28 times. Recently, too. On December 27th.

MB9, 26 times. The last one on November 18th.

25 times, last on September 20th.

MB18 also 25 times. It was also the last one drawn - January 3rd, 2023.

MB24 also 25 times. Been awhile, though. Not since May 31st.

MB17 has been there 24 times. Recently, too, on December 20th.

MB19, also 24 times. Last on December 9th.

MB25 the same. 24 times. We saw it on November 1st.

In a tie for 10th place are 4 and 13. Both at 23 times. 4 was last on June 10th, 13 was on December 6th.

Statistically, the number 51. It’s only shown up 25 times in the date range, although it did show up 5 times since July 5th, 2022. Lastly on December 30th.

Mega Balls 7 and 8 are at the bottom of their appearance list at 16. That's half as many times as MB22. But get this. MB8 showed up on December 23rd, and MB7 on December 30th.