A front has blown through Houston, and for those who like cold weather (not colds!) at Christmas time, it feels a bit more like Christmas is “supposed” to feel. Not cold enough to snow, but certainly sweater weather. Mega Millions took a cue from Mother Nature and cooled down, too. Just like last year. But, unlike what we saw the week before Christmas 2016, there was a Pattern encore in the December 22, 2017 drawing.
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-1-1-1} Pattern wasn’t content on just popping up in this past Tuesday’s drawing. It showed up again Friday night. With winning numbers 1, 20, 30, 33, 42, and MB 16, the number of appearances of this Pattern is now 63.
With 317 Mega Millions drawings to date, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has played 19.9% of the time.
The [1-1-3-1] General Order played for the 16th time. This General Order has now played in 25.4% of the 63 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. When taking all 317 drawings into account, this General Order has played 5.05% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the [1-1-3-1] General Order was seen in the November 7, 2017 drawing.
Now with four appearances, the 1 1 3 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 25% of the 16 drawings where the [1-1-3-1] General order has appeared. This Specific Order has played in 6.35% of the 63 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. Finally, when taking all 317 drawings into account, this Specific Order has played 1.26% of the time. We last saw the 1 1 3 0 0 1 Specific Order in the December 27, 2016 drawing. This was reconfigured from the 1 2 2 0 0 1 Specific Order seen that night, and appeared under the old 75-15 Mega Millions system.
Three Number Combination(s)
As is the nature of a cooldown, there were no repeating Three-Number Combinations.
Hard to believe, but next week will be the last full week of 2017. Will Mega Millions end the year with a bang?