Tuesday Night Repeats: Mega Millions Edition

Ah, August. August, August, August. What can we say about August?

  • It’s the eighth month of the year (almost 2/3 of the way done with 2016).
  • It’s named for Augustus Caesar.
  • Kids and teachers are letting out a collective groan far and wide. Those who start in September get a one-month grace period.

Mega Millions started the month with an encore appearance of a Pattern we saw just last week!

The winning numbers for the Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 Mega Millions drawing were brought to us by 3, 12, 36, 54, 70, and MB 12.

Mega Millions winning numbers taken from lotterytrend-megamillions.com
Mega Millions winning numbers taken from lotterytrend-megamillions.com

The {2-1-1-1-1} continues to be the most commonly seen Pattern, having now made its 113th appearance. This Pattern played this past Friday (July 29th, 2016). Out of 291 Mega Millions drawings to date, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has played 38.8% of the time.

The General Order of the evening was [2-1-1-1-1], which has now appeared in 30 drawings. Out of the 113 drawings in which the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has played, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order has played 26.5% of the time. When we take all 291 Mega Millions drawings into account, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order has played 10.3% of the time. We last saw this General Order on July 12th, 2016.

We saw the 2 0 1 1 1 1 Specific Order make its 7th appearance. Out of the 30 times the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order has appeared, the 2 0 1 1 1 1 Specific Order has played 23.3% of the time. When we look at just the 113 Patterns, the 2 0 1 1 1 1 Specific Order has played 6.19% of the time. Finally, looking at all 291 Mega Millions drawings, we see that the 2 0 1 1 1 1 Specific Order has played 2.41% of the time. It’s been a while since the 2 0 1 1 1 1 Specific Order appeared; it last played April 29th, 2016.

And now, we come to the Three Number Combination. Tuesday’s Combination was provided by the numbers 54, 70, and MB 12, which in fact first played back on January 15th, 2016.

Winning Three-Number combo taken from lotterytrend-megamillions.com
Winning Three-Number combo taken from lotterytrend-megamillions.com

How festive can Mega Millions get this month? Will we see any Patterns play on a continuous streak or other plays of Olympian magnitude?

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