The Best And Worst Numbers For Your Next Lottery Ticket
The jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball drawing is now up to $716 million, and if you want an edge on your next ticket, consider using these numbers.
Best and Worst Lottery Numbers To Use
The website vegasinsider.com recently conducted a study to find out which numbers were chosen the most and which were chosen the least during lottery drawings.
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They looked at every Powerball drawing in 2024 to find out what numbers seem to be the luckiest and which numbers you should stay away from.
Most people use the quick-pick system when they pick their ticket, but if you want to maybe increase your odds of winning, you might want to use these numbers instead.
Here are the numbers that were drawn the most often in 2024.
Rank | Lottery Number | Amount of Times Drawn |
1 | 9 | 36 |
2 | 23 | 35 |
3= | 19 | 33 |
3= | 69 | 33 |
5 | 21 | 32 |
6 | 17 | 29 |
7 | 25 | 28 |
8 | 31 | 27 |
9 | 22 | 25 |
10 | 39 | 24 |
On the flip side, here is a look at the numbers you will want to avoid since they were chosen the fewest number of times in 2024.
The top 10 least likely numbers to appear:
Rank | Lottery Number | Amount of Times Drawn |
1 | 42 | 12 |
2= | 32 | 13 |
2= | 65 | 13 |
4= | 1 | 14 |
4= | 28 | 14 |
4= | 37 | 14 |
4= | 46 | 14 |
8= | 5 | 15 |
8= | 41 | 15 |
8= | 48 | 15 |
Of course, the odds of winning the grand prize jackpot of any lottery game are very slim.
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Here are the odds of winning the biggest lottery games according to their websites.
Mega Millions - 1 in 290,472,336
Powerball - 1 in 292,201,338.00
If someone in New York were to win the Powerball on Wednesday, it would set a new record for the largest lottery jackpot in the state's history.
Most Drawn Powerball Numbers Since 1997
Gallery Credit: Dave Fields
