New York Is Actually One Of The Luckiest States For Mega Millions Jackpots

There is a record-setting Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs tonight, and if you're reading this in New York, you're actually in one of the best places to win.

If you never play, you'll never win

If you live in New York State and always say, "I never win anything," you might be missing out.  The numbers say, you should at least give it a try.  As it turns out, "All it takes is a dollar and a dream" has been very true here.

A website called Lucky.me analyzed lottery data for the Mega Millions and Powerball over the years to find which states are the most overdue for a win.  This study shows that New Yorkers have been very lucky in the past couple of years.

They found that New York is actually the luckiest

After analyzing all the data, they found that New Yorkers win pretty often.  With 14 Mega Millions winners in the past decade, New York has won the most.  It's not just Mega Millions either.  When you add Power Ball to the total, New York has 35 winners since 2013.

Unfortunately for people in other states, it's not the same.  States like Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arkansas are the most overdue for a big win.

Which numbers are the luckiest?

They even crunched the numbers for us to find which ones have been the luckiest over the years.  The numbers that people have won big on the most are 9, 39, 4, 18, and 46.  The numbers that get called the least are 49, 51, 65, 23, and 36.

There are two different mindsets here.  You could either go with the ones that get called the most and hope that that trend continues, or you could choose the ones that don't get called often and hope that it's their time.

Either way, you're going to want to get in on it tonight.  The Mega Millions jackpot is estimated to be around 800 million!