The Best And Worst Numbers For Your Next Lottery Ticket

The jackpots for the Mega Millions and Powerball continue to grow and if you are looking for an edge, there are some numbers you should be using and some you should be staying away from.

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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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.

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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 amount of times in 2024.

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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.

Here are the odds of winning the biggest lottery games according to the New York State Lottery.

Mega Millions - 1 in 302,575,350

Powerball - 1 in 292,201,338

New York LOTTO - 1 in 45,057,474

Take 5 - 1 in 575,757.00

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February 2025 New York Lottery Scratch Off Tickets With The Most Number One Jackpots Remaining

Here in New York, the time is now to start searching for some amazing jackpots. There are all sorts of different kinds of Scratch-Off tickets offered by the New York Lottery.

While looking at the latest weekly roundup for grand prizes, we counted many different tickets that have their grand prizes still on the market. The report was last updated on February 7th 2025, as we publish this article.

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