The End-of-Month Hop-Along

September is over. The beach towels have been replaced with textbooks, the flip flops for shoes, and the holiday decorations are starting to come out in full force. In the lottery world, Lotto Texas and Powerball had their last drawings for the month September 29th. Their grand prizes rose once again, and now stand at $9 million and $229 million, respectively. Saturday night was also a good one for lovers of Australia Plays and (repeating) Combinations.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 4, 11, 26, 34, 38, and 43, the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order made their 222nd appearance.

Another Australia Play, one week later. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Of the 1590 Lotto Texas drawings, an Australia Play has taken place in 14% of them. An Australia Play was last seen exactly one week ago, in the September 22nd, 2018 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

Bounding alongside the Australia Play was the repeating Four-Number Combination 11, 34, 38, and 43.

Hoppin’ on top. Source: lotterytrend.com.

This Combination made its debut in the September 8th, 2010 drawing.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern remained the most commonly seen Pattern with winning numbers 9, 17, 34, 59, 64, and PB 22. This Pattern has now played 110 times.

No Australia Play here. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Of the 312 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played 35.3% of the time and was last seen September 12th, 2018.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order made its 35th appearance and has now played in 31.8% of the 110 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 11.2% of all 312 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order accompanied the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern in the earlier-mentioned September 12th drawing.

Now with ten appearances, the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 28.6% of the 35 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 9.09% of the 110 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When taking all 312 drawings into consideration, this Specific Order has played 3.21% of the time. The 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order previously played on June 27th, 2018.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 9, 17, 64.

More repeating Combination madness! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Combination debuted on February 11th, 2017.

October is right around the corner and there has yet to be a grand prize winner for either Lotto Texas or Powerball. Likewise, neither lottery is starting the month with a Pattern streak. Will either lottery see an encore, or even see a grand prize winner, in Wednesday’s drawing?

 

Mega Millions’ September Heights

September for Mega Millions started with a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern streak. After appearing five times in a row, it was “dethroned” by another Pattern. Since that night, other Patterns took the reins, none of them able to establish a streak, let alone an encore.

September 28th was no different. Friday night saw yet another unique Pattern and a soaring jackpot, now standing at $367 million.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 39, 45, 52, 56, 59, and MB 15, the {3-1-1-1} made its 397th appearance.

Fun with {3-1-1-1}. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Of the 397 Mega Millions drawings so far, this Pattern has played 19.4% of the time and was last seen on September 21, 2018.

The [1-3-1-1] General Order made its 29th appearance and has now played in 37.7% of the 77 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When taking all 397 drawings into consideration, this General Order has played 7.30% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the [1-3-1-1] General Order played on April 3, 2018.

Now with three appearances, the 0 0 1 3 1 1 Specific Order has played in 10.3% of the 29 drawings where the General Order was [1-3-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.90% of the 77 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 397 drawings, this Pattern has played 0.76% of the time. The 0 0 1 3 1 1 Specific Order was last seen on October 17, 2017. This was reconfigured from the 0 0 2 2 1 1 Specific Order seen that night. The winning numbers were 31, 45, 49, 56, 70, and MB 11.

Three Number Combination(s)

In addition to a crazy-high jackpot, Mega Millions also ended the month with two repeating Three-Number Combinations!

Bundled together in a red box. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Going into October, we’re looking at a large grand prize and no Pattern streaks. Will the {3-1-1-1} Pattern make an encore? Will someone walk away at least $367 million richer? We’ll just have to wait until Tuesday night.

Never Gone for Long: Lotto Edition

Before we get to today’s lottery analysis, I want to thank guest blogger Romulun Harris for filling in while I was away.

September is almost over, and what a month it has been! Lotto Texas garnered the most attention with a monstrous {3-2-1} Pattern streak. After an astounding eight consecutive appearances, the Pattern was knocked off its pedestal with an Australia Play.

As we look at what happened on September 26, 2018, there were at least a couple of things Lotto Texas and Powerball had in common:

  1. Neither saw a Pattern encore
  2. Both saw their grand prizes grow to $8.25 million and $213 million, respectively

The third “common” thing is a bit subtler and requires further reading.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern didn’t stay off its pedestal for long, coming back strong with winning numbers 6, 13, 18, 30, 48, and 49. This Pattern has now played 832 times.

Down, but not out. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Of the 1589 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has played in 52.4% of them, and was last seen on September 19, 2018.

Now with 156 appearances, the 3 1 2 Specific Order has played in 18.75% of the 832 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. This Specific Order has also played in 9.82% of all 1589 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the 3 1 2 Specific Order played on August 4, 2018.

Four-Number Combination(s)

In addition to the return of the {3-2-1} Pattern, there were two repeating Four-Number Combinations, both of which appeared ten years ago!

  • 6, 18, 30, 48 (Debuted July 5, 2008)
  • 6, 13, 18, 49 (Debuted December 6, 2008)
The {3-2-1} Pattern was not alone. Source: lotterytrend.com.

As much as this blog has gushed over Lotto Texas this month, Powerball still held strong.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 1, 2, 7, 30, 50, and PB 8, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has now played 62 times.

Last seen not that long ago. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Given the 311 Powerball drawings so far, this Pattern has played 19.9% of

the time. Like the {3-2-1} Pattern in Lotto Texas, this Pattern played on September 19, 2018.

The [3-1-1-1] General Order made its 17th appearance and has played in 27.4% of the 62 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 5.47% of all 311 drawings. We last saw the [3-1-1-1] General Order on May 30, 2018.

Another stand-out moment for Powerball was the debut of the 3 0 1 1 0 1 Specific Order! This has now played in 5.88% of the 17 drawings where [3-1-1-1] was the General Order. This Specific Order has also played in 1.61% of the 62 drawings where the winning Pattern was {3-1-1-1} and in 0.32% of all 311 drawings.

Three-Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations Wednesday night.

September 29th will be the last drawing of the month for Lotto Texas and Powerball. Will the grand prizes continue to increase, or will they be won?

Megamillions Gets It Too!

Hello, Lottery fans, this is guest blogger, Romulun Harris, about to give his last post for a while. As we go deeper into Autumn, the event that happened with Lotto Texas on September 22, 2018 happened with Megamillions: an Australian play! Now for the report.

Last night on September 25, 2018, the winning numbers for Megamillions were 8, 16, 32, 48, 61, and MB 12.

Megamillions kicks off the Autumn season with the rarely played Australia play. Source: lotterytrend.com

As mentioned earlier, Megamillions experienced an Australian play when the {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and 1 1 1 1 1 1 Specific Order. They all made their 10th appearance and appeared in approximately 2.53% of all 396 drawings and last played on August 3, 2018.

There were no repeat Three-Number Combinations.

And now, before I leave you all, I would like to thank Freyja Harris for this opportunity to blog to you all for the past three days while she was on a trip in Canada. Freyja will be back tomorrow to fill in on the details while I continue my duties as analyst for lotterytrend-megamillions.com. Until the time comes again when I have to fill in for Freyja, this is Romulun Harris signing off.

Autumn Brings More Surprises!

Hello again, Lottery Trend Fans! This is guest blogger, Romulun Harris, giving you the latest lottery updates. As we witness the second day of Autumn, two combinations make their first appearance in almost ten years and Lotto Texas experiences an Australian play and more! And now the details.

 

Lotto Texas

Last night on September 22, 2018, the winning numbers for Lotto Texas were 4, 7, 27, 35, 50, and 53.

Surprise appearance by the {2-2-2} Pattern. Source: lotterytrend.com.

As mentioned earlier, Lotto Texas experienced an Australian play when the {2-2-2} Pattern and 2 2 2 Specific Order both made their 221st appearance and appeared in approximately 13.92% of all 1588 drawings. They last played on August 8, 2018.

And, there were also a repeat appearance of two Four-Number Combinations:

  • 27, 35, 50, and 53, which debuted May 1, 2010 and
  • 4, 27, 35, and 53, which debuted November 29, 2008.

 

Good to see two Four-Number Combinations make a repeat. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Like I said before, it’s not often that we see a Four-Number Combination repeat a short while after its debut.

 

Powerball

On the same night as Lotto Texas, Powerball’s winning numbers were 24, 61, 63, 64, 69 and PB 18.

Nice to see the {4-1-1} Pattern again. Source: lotterytrend.com

The rarely played {4-1-1} Pattern made its 6th appearance and has played in approximately 1.94% of all 310 drawings. It last played on May 16, 2018.

The [1-4-1] General Order made its 3rd appearance and has played in 50% of all 6 drawings associated with the {4-1-1} Pattern and approximately 0.97% of all 310 drawings. It last played on St. Patrick’s Day of 2017.

The 0 1 0 0 4 1 Specific Order made its 2nd appearance and has played in approximately 33.33% of all 6 drawings associated with the {4-1-1} Pattern, approximately 66.67 percent of all 3 drawings associated with the [1-4-1] General Order, and approximately 0.65% of all 310 drawings. Like the  [1-4-1] General Order, it last played on St. Patrick’s Day of 2017.

 

Powerball also experienced a repeat appearance of two Three-Number Combinations:

 

Nice to see two Three-Number Combinations make a repeat. Source: lotterytrend.com

Well, seems Autumn is bringing us a lot of surprises in the lottery world. How long will it last? Until next time, this is guest blogger, Romulun Harris, signing off.

 

Ring in Autumn!

Hey, Lottery Trend fans! This is guest blogger, Romulun Harris, giving you the latest lottery updates! As Summer ends and Autumn begins, one Specific Order makes its first appearance in nearly two years! And now the details.

Last night on September 21, 2018, the winning numbers for Megamillions were 1, 2, 11, 52, 64, and MB 9.

Winning Numbers from September 21, 2018 Megamillions drawing

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 76th appearance. It has now occurred in approximately 19.24% of all 395 drawings. The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its last appearance on August 28, 2018.

The [3-1-1-1] General Order made its 29th appearance. So far, it has appeared in approximately 38.16% of the 76 drawings associated with the {3-1-1-1} Pattern and in 7.34% of all 395 drawings. The [3-1-1-1] General Order last played on August 24, 2018.

The 3 0 0 1 1 1 Specific Order made its 5th appearance. So far, it has appeared in approximately 17.24% of the 29 drawings associated with the [3-1-1-1] General Order, 6.58% of the 76 drawings associated with the {3-1-1-1} Pattern, and in 1.27% of all 395 drawings. The 3 0 0 1 1 1 Specific Order last played on December 20, 2016.

There were no repeats in the Three-Number Combinations.

Well, there were no surprises, but the {3-1-1-1} Pattern got a chance to kick off the Autumn. Until next time, this is guest blogger, Romulun Harris, signing off.

The Pattern Encores Cometh

There’s no denying that September is an exciting month. Regardless of how you (or your kids) feel about going back to class, or the start of football season, you can’t deny there’s a buzz in the air.

September 19th was an intense night for Lotto Texas and Powerball. Not only did their respective grand prizes increase to $7.75 million and $178 million, they both saw Pattern encores!

Although, “Pattern encore” is an understatement for Lotto Texas.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern streak has now grown to mammoth proportions, with an astounding eight consecutive appearances! Wednesday night’s winning numbers were 5, 24, 28, 34, 37, and 45.

The {3-2-1} train chugs onward. Source: lotterytrend.com.

With 1587 Lotto Texas drawings so far, this Pattern has played 52.4% of the time.

Now with 125 appearances, the 1 3 2 Specific Order has played in 15.04% of the 831 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. When taking all 1587 drawings into consideration, this Specific Order has played 7.88% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 1 3 2 Specific Order played on September 5th, 2018.

Four-Number Combination(s)

There were also two repeating Four-Number Combinations:

  • 5, 24, 34, 45 (Debuted April 17th, 2010)
  • 5, 24, 28, 37 (Debuted March 11th, 2017)
Double the pleasure of two repeating Four-Number Combinations! Source: lotterytrend.com.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern, fresh from appearing in the September 15th, 2018 drawing, made an encore with winning numbers 4, 39, 48, 50, 51, and PB 11. This Pattern has now played 61 times.

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

Given the 309 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played 19.7% of the time.

The [1-1-3-1] General Order made its 28th appearance and has now played in 45.9% of the 61 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When taking all 309 drawings into consideration, this General Order has played 9.06% of the time. We last saw the [1-1-3-1] General Order in the June 23rd, 2018 drawing.

Now with two appearances, the 1 0 1 3 0 1 Specific Order has played in 7.14% of the 28 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-3-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.28% of the 61 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, this Specific Order has played in 0.65% of all 309 drawings. The 1 0 1 3 0 1 Specific Order made its debut on March 24th, 2018.

Three-Number Combination(s)

In addition to the Pattern encore, there was a lone repeating Three-Number Combination:

One (repeating) Three-Number Combination to rule them all. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Summer is almost over, and it looks like Lotto Texas and Powerball have a big send-off in the works. Will the {3-2-1} Pattern streak continue, and can Powerball get a Pattern streak established Saturday night?

Speaking of transitions, Romulun Harris, our Mega Millions analyst, will be your guide for Saturday night’s drawing. I’ll be away on business.

 

Changing of the Patterns

A {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern “six-peat” wasn’t meant to be in the September 18, 2018 drawing. The changing of the Patterns didn’t just end a Pattern streak, it brought with it another rise in the jackpot. With the grand prize now a robust $275 million, Mega Millions continues to soar.

General Lottery Analysis

The Pattern that knocked {2-1-1-1-1} off its throne was {2-2-1-1}. The 111th appearance of this Pattern was thanks to winning numbers 31, 32, 43, 63, 68, and MB 17.

All it took was six numbers to end a streak. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Given the 394 Mega Millions drawings to date, this Pattern has played 28.2% of the time. Prior to Tuesday night, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern played on August 17, 2018.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order made its 37th appearance and has now played in 33.3% of the 111 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 9.39% of all 394 drawings. We last saw the [2-1-2-1] General Order on July 13, 2018.

Now with five appearances, the 0 0 2 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 13.5% of the 37 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.50% of the 111 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 394 drawings, this Specific Order has played 1.27% of the time. The 0 0 2 1 2 1 Specific Order previously played on January 20, 2015. This was reconfigured from the 0 0 2 2 1 1 Specific Order seen that night, and the winning numbers were 31, 35, 56, 59, 63, and MB 6.

Three Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 32, 63, and 68.

A repeating Three-Number Combination is just the cherry on top. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Combination made its debut on August 12, 2014.

Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing will be the last Mega Millions drawing of the summer, or winter if you’re reading from the Southern Hemisphere. With no Pattern streak, September 21st will certainly keep us on our toes. Will the grand prize continue to soar, or will it be brought back down to Earth?

A change of seasons comes a change of bloggers. Romulun Harris, one of our Mega Millions analysts, will be your guide for Friday and next Tuesday’s drawings. I’ll be out of town for a business trip.

The Great and Powerful Pattern

What can be said about September 15th? Other than it being the halfway mark in September, it’s not that big of a deal, is it? After all, there’s nothing that great about the grand prizes for Lotto Texas and Powerball going up to $7.5 million and $163 million, is there? Nothing that great about the {3-2-1} Pattern playing seven times in a r–.

Who are we kidding!? Saturday night was a mighty big deal and not just because the jackpots rose! It was in Lotto Texas, the “small fry” of the Big Three lotteries, that a Pattern played seven times in a row. Not even the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, King of Mega Millions, has ever performed such a feat!

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The record-breaking “seven-peat” featured winning numbers 2, 21, 24, 41, 46, and 52. This brings the number of times the {3-2-1} Pattern has played up to 830.

The six numbers that shattered a record. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Of the 1586 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has played 52.3% of the time. Recall that we last saw this Pattern on September 12th, 2018.

Now with 148 appearances, the 1 2 3 Specific Order has played in 17.8% of the 830 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. When taking all 1586 drawings into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.33% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 2 3 Specific Order played on September 8th, 2018. How interesting it would’ve been if a playback occurred!

Similar Spread

Instead, another level of awesomeness was applied when a similar spread showed up. The spread for Saturday night’s numbers was 19:03:17:05:06. This is similar to the spread seen on September 25th, 2010. That night, the winning numbers were 1, 7, 26, 43, 46, and 51 and the spread was 06:19:17:03:05. Note how the numbers in the spreads are the same, but the orders are different.

Four-Number Combination(s)

Of course, Lotto Texas couldn’t have just a {3-2-1} Pattern “seven-peat” or a similar spread. There had to be a repeating Four-Number Combination thrown into the mix, too!

  • 21, 24, 41, 46 (Debuted July 11th, 2009)
More awesomeness. Source: lotterytrend.com.

And what of Powerball? Was it struck with a touch of Pattern Streak Fever?

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Powerball remained immune to streak fever, but it had a strong night. With winning numbers 2, 18, 19, 24, 34, and PB 3, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 60th appearance.

On a different journey. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Of the 308 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played in 19.5% of them, and was last seen on June 23rd, 2018.

The [1-3-1-1] General Order made its 17th appearance and has now played in 28.3% of the 60 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When taking all 308 drawings into consideration, this General Order has played 5.52% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the [1-3-1-1] General Order played on February 7th, 2018.

Now with three appearances, the 1 3 1 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 17.6% of the 17 drawings where the General Order was [1-3-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5% of the 60 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.97% of all 308 drawings. The 1 3 1 0 0 1 Specific Order was last seen on July 30th, 2016.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Powerball’s contribution to the “awesome sauce” pot was the repeating Three-Number Combination 2, 18, and 19.

Top the heap. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Combination made its debut in the March 4th, 2017 drawing.

It can be said without a doubt that September 15th was one of, if not the biggest night Lottery Binge has covered. Lotto Texas has developed a love affair with the {3-2-1} Pattern and we’ll need to keep an eye on whether the record-breaking streak continues, or there’s a break-up. Powerball hasn’t seen an encore in a while. Could a {3-1-1-1} Pattern encore show up Wednesday night?

Five Punch Pattern

Nothing like a Mega Millions drawing to kick off the weekend, right? September 14th, much like last time, kept a stiff upper lip and did nothing showy. As of Friday night, the grand prize is now $252 million. Thankfully, jackpots don’t depend on flash and pizzazz! And neither do Pattern streaks.

General Lottery Analysis

For the fifth time in a row, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern stuck it out. The 173rd appearance of this Pattern was thanks to winning numbers 23, 30, 40, 43, 66, and MB 13.

And the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern charm keeps coming! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Of the 393 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has played 44% of the time.

The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order made its 39th appearance and has now played in 22.5% of the 173 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 9.92% of all 393 drawings. We last saw the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order in the August 21, 2018 drawing.

Now with nine appearances, the 0 1 2 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 23.1% of the 39 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.2% of the 173 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when taking all 393 drawings into consideration, this Specific Order has played 2.29% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the 0 1 2 1 1 1 Specific Order previously played on September 12, 2017.

Three Number Combination(s)

Friday night saw no repeating Three-Number Combinations.

Mega Millions has the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern in an iron grip! Will it continue to hold in Tuesday’s drawing?