Springing into March

Maybe it’s a good thing that February is the shortest month of the year. It means that the wait for the seasons to change doesn’t seem as long, or at least that’s the hope! Mega Millions said “Farewell” to February with an interesting play February 27th. On the surface, it may not have been much. But, we here at Lottery Binge know better than to take things at face value.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 10, 17, 21, 38, 43, and MB 23, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 146th appearance, its first since February 16, 2018.

Something lurks beneath the surface. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given there have been 336 drawings, this Pattern has played 43.5% of the time.

With 32 appearances, the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order has played in 21.9% of the 146 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This statistic becomes 9.52% when looking at all 336 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, this General Order played on February 6, 2018.

Now with eight appearances, the 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order played in 25% of the 32 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.48% of the 146 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 336 drawings, this Specific Order has played 2.38% of the time. We last saw the 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order in the January 26, 2018 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 10, 38, 43.

There’s something about that Combination. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There’s a bit more to this Combination. For one, it made its debut in the January 26, 2018 drawing. No big deal, right? Well, if you glance up at the previous section, January 26th was when we last saw the 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order. The winning numbers were close, too. Don’t believe us? Check out that link again.

Will March start off with something wild, or will it be calm?

Bouncing Through a Time Warp

Saturdays wield the power of nostalgia. Be it Saturday morning cartoons, hanging out at the mall, or just sleeping in, there’s something about that day that makes the urge to reminisce hard to suppress. As is the nature of Lottery Binge, we cover past lotteries—the past can be from just a few days ago to a time when Blockbuster Video was where you rented movies and video games. February 24, 2018 was a night when the past truly took over.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 5, 9, 32, 35, 51, and 54, the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order made their 209th appearance.

There’s a history buried in here. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that there have been 1528 Lotto Texas drawings, the Australia Play has appeared 13.7% of the time. We last saw one in the February 3, 2018 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The biggest event of the evening was with one of the repeating Four-Number Combinations:

  • 9, 35, 51, 54
  • 5, 9, 32, 35
First position for the *very* first Lotto Texas drawing. Source: lotterytrend.com.

The first Combination is a special one. See, it made its debut on July 19, 2000. That was the very first Lotto Texas drawing to use numbers 1 through 54!

The second Combination made its debut in the November 30, 2002 drawing.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Powerball stumbled across some leftover Valentine’s Day candy. The {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 73rd appearance with winning numbers 24, 25, 38, 62, 63, and PB 6.

Things were a bit quieter in Powerball. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

With 250 Powerball drawings to date, this Pattern has played in 29.2% of them.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 24 appearances, has played in 32.9% of the 73 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When looking at all 250 drawings, this General Order has played 9.6% of the time. This General Order previously played on November 25, 2017.

Now with four appearances, the 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in roughly 16.7% of the 24 drawings where [2-1-2-1] was the General Order of the evening. This Specific Order has also played in 5.48% of the 73 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern, and in 1.6% of all 250 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order previously played on September 13, 2017.

Powerball’s journey didn’t go as far back, but it was a trip back in time nonetheless.

Three-Number Combination(s)

There weren’t any repeating Three-Number Combinations this time.

Lotto Texas and Powerball will have the honor of bidding February adieu. Will either the Australia Play or the {2-2-1-1} Pattern make an encore? Will there be another trip back to the “distant” past?

The 2nd Back for Seconds

Mega Millions has a history with the Olympics. It was during the Rio Olympics in 2016 that we saw a Pattern make six consecutive appearances. As the Winter Olympics begin to wrap up, Mega Millions wanted to reminisce. In fact, February 23, 2018’s drawing saw shades of an earlier time.

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 66th appearance, with winning numbers 7, 11, 13, 19, 58, and MB 9.

Olympics are ending when a weekend’s beginning. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 335 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has played in 19.7% of them. Prior to Friday night, this Pattern played on February 2, 2018.

The [3-1-1-1] General Order, now with 23 appearances, has played in 34.8% of the 66 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. And, it was seen alongside the {3-1-1-1} Pattern in the earlier mentioned February 2nd drawing. When taking all 335 drawings into account, this General Order has played 6.87% of the time.

Now with three appearances, the 3 1 0 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 13% of the 23 drawings where [3-1-1-1] was the General Order. This Specific Order has also played in 4.55% of the 66 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern appeared. Finally, when looking at all 335 drawings, this Specific Order has played 0.9% of the time. We last saw the 3 1 0 0 1 1 Specific Order in the July 7, 2017 drawing. This was reconfigured from the 3 1 0 1 0 1 Specific Order seen that night.

Three Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination, 7, 13, MB 9, also had shades of February.

Not just Patterns like February. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

More specifically, this Combination made its debut in the February 2, 2016 drawing.

Will Mega Millions end the month with a {3-1-1-1} encore, or will another Pattern appear?

A Pattern’s Icy Grip

In the nearly two years Lottery Binge has been online, one of our favorite things to cover is the Pattern streak. These occur when a Pattern has played at least three consecutive times. Three or four consecutive appearances seems to be the norm, but there have been cases of five or even six appearances.

Although the biggest ones we’ve covered occurred during the summers of 2016 and 2017, February 21st reminded us that these streaks can happen at any time.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 9, 15, 17, 35, 49, and 44, the {3-2-1} Pattern made its 795th appearance.

The Pattern Streak bug has struck Lotto Texas. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that there have been 1527 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has played in 52.1% of them. We last saw the {3-2-1} Pattern this past Saturday. And for those of you who’ve been following along, this Pattern has now played five times in a row.

The 3 1 2 Specific Order, now with 147 appearances, has played in 18.5% of the 795 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. This Specific Order has also played in 9.63% of all 1527 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, it was seen on December 30th, 2017.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Four-Number Combination of the evening was 9, 15, 17, and 39.

Throwing in a repeating Four-Number Combination for extra effect. Source: lotterytrend.com.

This Combination was first seen almost exactly seventeen years ago! To be more specific, it made its debut in the February 24th, 2001 drawing.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Powerball may not have a Pattern streak, but it was no slouch. The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 51st appearance with winning numbers 7, 15, 31, 34, 36, and PB 8.

A future Pattern streak? Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Of the 249 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played 20.5% of the time. We last saw the {3-1-1-1} Pattern on February 7th, 2017.

The [1-1-3-1] General Order, now with 22 appearances, has played in 43.1% of the 51 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 8.84% of all 249 drawings. It previously played on January 3rd, 2018.

With its third appearance, the 1 1 3 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 13.6% of the 22 drawings where [1-1-3-1] was the General Order. Additionally, this Specific Order accompanied the [1-1-3-1] General Order in the earlier-mentioned January 3rd drawing. The 1 1 3 0 0 1 Specific Order has also played in 5.88% of the 51 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern, and in 1.20% of all 249 drawings.

Three-Number Combination(s)

There were three repeating Three-Number Combinations Wednesday evening:

  • 7, 15, 36 (Debuted February 13th, 2016)
  • 15, 31, 36 (Debuted March 29th, 2017)
  • 31, 36, PB 8 (Debuted March 6th, 2016)
A pair and a single. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Will Powerball and Lotto Texas keep up the momentum Saturday, or will things start to mellow out?

Serve It Up Rare

Nothing else this month has come close to topping the madness of February 9th. At least, until the February 20, 2018 drawing. Instead of going for a heavy hitter like a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore, or even another similar spread, Mega Millions chose a different path. It’s not a commonly taken path, but it can yield great results.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 17, 19, 23, 24, 43, and MB 14, the rarely-seen {4-1-1} Pattern made its eighth appearance.

One of the rarest Mega Millions Patterns. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have now been 334 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has played roughly 2.40% of the time. Prior to Tuesday, this Pattern played on December 12, 2017.

The [4-1-1] General Order made its fourth appearance and has played in half of the eight drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has played in roughly 1.20% of all 334 drawings and was last seen on March 28, 2017. This General Order was reconfigured from the [1-3-1-1] General Order seen that night. The winning numbers were 30, 33, 35, 37, 46, and MB 10.

Tuesday night saw the debut of the 0 4 0 1 0 1 Specific Order. This has now played in 25% of the 4 drawings where the [4-1-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 12.5% of the eight drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When looking at all 334 drawings, the 0 4 0 1 0 1 Specific Order has played roughly 0.3% of the time.

Three Number Combination(s)

A rare Pattern was enough, it seems. There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations.

Will Friday see a {4-1-1} repeat, or will another, more common Pattern take the spotlight?

Under a Pattern Spell

A spell had been cast upon the lotteries Saturday night. Lotto Texas found itself in the grip of a Pattern streak. Powerball was under the control of the ultimate playback. And that wasn’t all that occurred on February 17th.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

For the fourth time in a row, the {3-2-1} Pattern made an appearance. The 794th appearance was marked by winning numbers 10, 11, 13, 22, 26, and 46.

Pattern streaks are one way to stay on top. Source: lotterytrend.com.

With 1526 Lotto Texas drawings to date, this Pattern has played 52% of the time.

The 3 2 1 Specific Order, now with 139 appearances, has played in 17.5% of the 794 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. This Specific Order has also played in 9.11% of all 1526 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, this Specific Order was seen exactly one week prior in the February 10th, 2018 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Four-Number Combination of the evening, 10, 22, 26, 46, made its debut in the December 16th, 2017 drawing.

Add a repeating Four-Number Combination for the ride. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 13, 26, 39, 44, 62, and PB2, Powerball’s Australia Play saw its 18th appearance.

An Australia Play is the ultimate playback. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

That means the {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and the 1 1 1 1 1 1 Specific Order have played in 7.26% of the 246 Powerball drawings. We last saw an Australia Play in the September 2nd, 2017 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 13, 44, and 62.

Nearly two years since this Combination debuted. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Combination made its debut in the March 2nd, 2016 drawing.

Will the {3-2-1} Pattern go on to make a fifth appearance? Will Powerball’s Australia Play be bold enough to go for the encore?

The Comeback Combination

Compared to what we saw last week, February 16th was a calm night. The Pattern we saw was the one most often seen in Mega Millions. For the nearly two years Lottery Binge has been online, this Pattern is notorious for its Pattern streaks. And now, it can add a very special repeating Three-Number Combination.

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 145th appearance with winning numbers 14, 38, 48, 53, 58, and MB 16.

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern never gone for long. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

With 333 Mega Millions drawings to date, this Pattern has played 43.5% of the time. This Pattern previously played in the February 6, 2018 drawing.

With 38 appearances, the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order has played in 26.2% of the 145 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When taking all 333 drawings into account this Pattern has played 11.4% of the time. Prior to Friday night’s drawing, this General Order was seen in the December 5, 2017 drawing.

Now with nine appearances, the 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order has played in 23.7% of the 38 drawings where [1-1-2-1-1] was the General Order of the evening. This Specific Order has also played in 6.21% of the 145 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Out of the 333 drawings, this Specific Order has played 2.70% of the time. The 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order previously played in the June 30, 2017 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 14, 48, and 53.

And it never ceases to find new ways to top itself. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Here’s the fun part. This Combination made its debut in the February 6th drawing. That was only just ten days prior.

Will the {2-1-1-1-1} make an encore in Tuesday’s drawing?

Love Among the Lotteries

Today’s post is about Valentine’s Day

A time in which lovers play.

But they weren’t the only ones who had fun

Lotto Texas and Powerball had their time in the sun.

With a three-peat, a playback, and a repeating Three-Number Combination

‘Twas a time of great celebration.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern was loved so much that it had to show up again after this past Saturday’s drawing. With winning numbers 8, 19, 22, 29, 50, and 52, this Pattern has now played 793 times.

Three-time charmer. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that there have been 1525 Lotto Texas drawings, the {3-2-1} Pattern has played in 52% of them.

The 1 3 2 Specific Order made its 120th appearance and has now played in 15.1% of the 793 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. This Specific Order has also played in 7.87% of all 1525 drawings and was last seen on October 25, 2017 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

Alas, there were no repeating Four-Number Combinations.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 37, 39, 44, 46, 69, and PB 26, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 72nd appearance.

Something’s hiding in these numbers. Source: ltoterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has played in 29.1% of the 247 Powerball drawings.

Now with 29 appearances, the [2-2-1-1] General Order has now played in 40.3% of the 72 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When looking at all 247 drawings, this General Order has played 11.7% of the time.

The 0 0 2 2 1 1 Specific Order, now with five appearances, has played in 17.2% of the 29 drawings where [2-2-1-1] was the General Order. This Specific Order has also played in 6.94% of the 72 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} Pattern appeared. Finally, when looking at all 247 drawings, this Specific Order has played 2.02% of the time.

And now the fun part. The {2-2-1-1} Pattern, [2-2-1-1] General Order, and the 0 0 2 2 1 1 Specific Order were all last seen together in the January 20, 2018 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

We lied. Sort of. The real fun part is that 39, 44, and 69, the repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening, made its debut in the January 20, 2016 drawing!

Powerball loved January 20th. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

That’s exactly two years prior to Wednesday night’s playback.

Not a bad way to get over the weekly hump

Will Saturday night be big, or will there be a slump?

The Mardi Gras Cooldown

The February 13th Mega Millions drawing was much less rowdy than what we saw this past Friday. There was no similar spread, nor a repeating Four-Number Combination. Just as well on the latter, as those Combinations are more the domain of Lotto Texas. Tuesday night wasn’t completely quiet. One of the biggest events of the evening was a Pattern encore.

General Lottery Analysis

The spirit of this past Friday lived on with an encore of the {2-2-1-1} Pattern. With winning numbers 5, 12, 15, 46, 49, and MB 1, this Pattern has now played 95 times.

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern came back for more. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 332 Mega Millions drawing to date, this Pattern has played in 28.6% of them.

With its 28th appearance, the [2-1-2-1] General Order has played in 29.5% of the 95 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This statistic becomes 8.43% when looking at all 332 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, this General Order played in the December 26th, 2017 drawing.

Now with three appearances, the 2 1 0 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 10.7% of the 28 drawings where the [2-1-2-1] General Order appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 3.16% of the 95 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern, and in 0.90% of all 332 drawings. The 2 1 0 2 0 1 Specific Order was last seen on June 21st, 2016.

Three Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 46, 49, and MB 1.

Straight to the top. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Combination made its debut in the June 13th, 2014 drawing.

Will Mega Millions stay calm Friday night, or will there be another big bash?

Going In for the Encore

One thing about the weekend is that Friday night is just the practice round, right? Friday nights are party nights, sure, but not like Saturday nights. After all, that’s the true heart of the weekend, isn’t it?

Well, it turned out not to be the case this time in Lottery World.

February 9th and 10th were far different beasts. For those of you who follow Mega Millions, you were certainly in for a treat this past Friday. As for Lotto Texas and Powerball? Saturday night was much quieter. The big events of the evening were a Pattern encore and a repeating Combination.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 2, 3, 15, 22, 34, and 39, the {3-2-1} Pattern made not just an encore, but its 792nd appearance.

Lotto Texas’s big thing was the Pattern encore. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that there have been 1524 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has played roughly 52% of the time.

Now with 138 appearances, the 3 2 1 Specific Order has played in 17.4% of the 792 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. This Specific Order has also played in 9.06% of all 1524 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, this Specific Order was seen on January 31, 2018.

Four-Number Combination(s)

Repeating Four-Number Combinations were as common as the dodo.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern saw winning numbers 1, 13, 27, 41, 59, and PB 20, bringing the total number of appearances up to 90.

Powerball also saw its most commonly seen Pattern. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Of the 246 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played in 36.6% of them, and was last seen on January 17, 2018.

The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 21 appearances, has played in 23.3% of the 90 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 8.54% of all 246 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, this General Order was seen on December 27, 2017.

The 2 1 1 0 1 1 Specific Order made its fifth appearance and has now played in 23.8% of the 21 drawings where [2-1-1-1-1] was the General Order of the evening. This Specific Order has also played in about 5.56% of the 90 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern, and in 2.03% of all 246 drawings. We last saw the 2 1 1 0 1 1 Specific Order in the September 30, 2017 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination, 27, 59, and PB 20, made its debut in the December 26, 2015 drawing.

Debuted a little over two years ago, it did. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

The next drawings for Lotto Texas and Powerball will be taking place on Valentine’s Day. What sweet treats will they offer?