乐透抽签通常在5月第三或第四的星期进行。

以下为2005至2018年间的情形，16支球队晋级季后赛，剩下14支球队没有晋级季后赛的队伍排名由最差至最佳如下：

250种组合，25.0％的机率获得状元签

199种组合，19.9％的机率

156种组合，15.6％的机率

119种组合，11.9％的机率

88种组合，8.8％的机率

63种组合，6.3％的机率

43种组合，4.3％的机率

28种组合，2.8％的机率

17种组合，1.7％的机率

11种组合，1.1％的机率

8种组合，0.8％的机率

7种组合，0.7％的机率

6种组合，0.6％的机率

5种组合，0.5％的机率

种子顺位

机率

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

1

250

.250

.215

.178

.357

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

199

.199

.188

.171

.319

.123

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

156

.156

.157

.156

.226

.265

.040

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4

119

.119

.126

.133

.099

.351

.160

.012

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5

88

.088

.097

.107

–

.261

.360

.084

.004

–

–

–

–

–

–

6

63

.063

.071

.081

–

–

.439

.305

.040

.001

–

–

–

–

–

7

43

.043

.049

.058

–

–

–

.599

.232

.018

.000

–

–

–

–

8

28

.028

.033

.039

–

–

–

–

.724

.168

.008

.000

–

–

–

9

17

.017

.020

.024

–

–

–

–

–

.813

.122

.004

.000

–

–

10

11

.011

.013

.016

–

–

–

–

–

–

.870

.089

.002

.000

–

11

8

.008

.009

.012

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

.907

.063

.001

.000

12

7

.007

.008

.010

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

.935

.039

.000

13

6

.006

.007

.009

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

.960

.018

14

5

.005

.006

.007

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

.982

自2019年起，乐透抽签改为以下情形（如出现战绩相同，则将中奖球对分，或设决胜局以授予额外的中奖球。）：

前三位有14%的机会获得状元签。

140种组合，获得状元签的机率为14.0％

140种组合，14.0％的机率

140种组合，14.0％的机率

125种组合，12.5％的机率

105种组合，10.5％的机率

90种组合，9.0％的机率

75种组合，7.5％的机率

60种组合，6.0％的机率

45种组合，4.5％的机率

30种组合，3.0％的机率

20种组合，2.0％的机率

15种组合，1.5％的机率

10种组合，1.0％的机率

5种组合，0.5％的机率

种子顺位

机率

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

1

140

.140

.134

.127

.120

.479

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

140

.140

.134

.127

.120

.278

.200

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

140

.140

.134

.127

.120

.148

.260

.070

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4

125

.125

.122

.119

.115

.072

.257

.167

.022

–

–

–

–

–

–

5

105

.105

.105

.106

.105

.022

.196

.267

.087

.006

–

–

–

–

–

6

90

.090

.092

.094

.096

–

.086

.298

.206

.037

.001

–

–

–

–

7

75

.075

.078

.081

.085

–

–

.197

.341

.129

.013

.000

–

–

–

8

60

.060

.063

.067

.072

–

–

–

.345

.321

.067

.004

.000

–

–

9

45

.045

.048

.052

.057

–

–

–

–

.507

.259

.030

.001

.000

–

10

30

.030

.033

.036

.040

–

–

–

–

–

.659

.190

.012

.000

.000

11

20

.020

.022

.024

.028

–

–

–

–

–

–

.776

.126

.004

.000

12

15

.015

.017

.019

.021

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

.861

.067

.001

13

10

.010

.011

.012

.014

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

.929

.023

14

5

.005

.006

.006

.007

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

.976