School is back in session, and Mega Millions players got schooled. There was no {2-2-1-1} Pattern encore in the August 13, 2019 drawing. Playback? Australia Play? No; both were absent. The lesson Tuesday night was “Don’t make assumptions!” If none of those awesome plays showed up, what did propel the grand prize to $70 million?
General Lottery
Analysis
With winning numbers
7, 27, 31, 34, 51, MB 5, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 217th
appearance.
The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order, now with 59 appearances, has played in 27.2% of the 217 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 488 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 12.1% of the time.
Now with 13 appearances, the 1 1 2 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in roughly 22% of the 59 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.99% of the 217 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.66% of all 488 drawings.
Both the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order and the 1 1 2 1 0 1 Specific Order were last seen July 2, 2019.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
Mega Millions also imparted the repeating Three-Number Combination 27,
51, and MB 5.
This Combination debuted May 6, 2014.
Will there be a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore Friday night, or will Mega
Millions have a different lesson plan?
This August has been anything but boring in the lottery world. Sometime during the summer, Lotto Texas developed a love of shenanigans. This normally peaceful lottery has partaken in a love of similar spreads and playbacks. It even let the {3-3} Pattern have a taste of “the encores”! The shenanigans continued August 10, 2019 with more similar spread action and a prize that climbed to $15.75 million.
In a surprising
turn of events, Powerball has taken the role of the chaste lottery. Even
so, it too has kept players at bay. The prize grew to $138 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 884th appearance with 18, 19, 27,
36, 48, and 52.
This Pattern has played in 52.6% of the 1680 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen July 24, 2019.
The 1 3 2 Specific Order, now with 132 appearances (how about that?), has played in 14.9% of the 884 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1680 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 7.86% of the time. The 1 3 2 Specific Order was last seen April 24, 2019.
Similar Spread
Would you believe that this is the second drawing in a row that a similar spread showed up? Saturday night’s spread was 01:08:09:12:04. On April 13, 2013, the winning numbers were 4, 13, 14, 18, 26, and 38; their spreadwas 09:01:04:08:12. Whether similar spreadsare spread out or a back-to-back occurrence, the differences between numbers can be the same, but their orders are different.
Four-Number Combination(s)
In spite of the madness, there were no repeating Four-Number Combinations.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 35, 41, 44, 58, 59, and PB 3, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern
made its 111th appearance.
This Pattern has played in 27.6% of the 402 Powerball drawings.
The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 34
appearances, has played in 30.6% of the 111 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the
winning Pattern. Once all 402 drawings have been taken into consideration, this
General Order has played 8.46% of the time.
Now playing for the second time ever, the 0 0 2 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 5.88% of the 34 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 1.80% of the 111 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in roughly 0.5% of all 402 drawings. The 0 0 2 1 2 1 Specific Order made its first appearance in the October 14, 2017 drawing.
Three-Number Combination(s)
The lone repeating Three-Number Combination, 41, 59, and PB 3, debuted October 3, 2018.
Will there be more fun with similar spreads next week, or Pattern encores? Could Lotto Texas and/or Powerball do something even more unexpected?
The heat showed no signs of letting up Friday night. As the
nighttime temps cooled to 80 degrees (Fahrenheit), it was still sizzling in
Mega Millions. A common Pattern thwarted the players once again and no one
could claim the grand prize. The fallout of the August 9th, 2019
drawing was a jackpot that rocketed to $65 million.
General Lottery
Analysis
The {2-2-1-1}
Pattern had the honor of keeping the jackpot unclaimed! With winning numbers
15, 53, 56, 59, 63, and MB 1, this Pattern has played 136 times.
The [1-2-2-1] General Order, now with 48 appearances, has played in 35.3% of the 136 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 487 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.86% of the time.
Friday night saw the debut of the 0 1 0 2 2 1 Specific Order! With that said, this Specific Order has played in 2.08% of the 48 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 0.74% of the 136 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.21% of all 487 drawings.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
If the near-playback and the world debut of a Specific Order weren’t enough
to get the heat going, there were also three repeating Three-Number
Combinations!
It was a scorcher Wednesday night, and we don’t just mean a heat wave! August 7, 2019 was the night both Lotto Texas and Powerball saw a playback. Additionally, one of these lotteries was also neck-deep in encores. The intensity of this blowtorch kept players away from the grand prizes. These rose to $15.25 million for Lotto Texas and $128 million for Powerball.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 1, 3, 16, 22, 31, and 35, the {3-3} Pattern made its
136th appearance.
This Pattern has played in 8.10% of the 1679 Lotto Texas drawings.
Now with 43 appearances, the 3 3 0 Specific Order has played in
31.6% of the 136 drawings where {3-3} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1679
drawings are taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 2.56% of
the time.
Would you believe that both the {3-3} Pattern and the 3 3 0 Specific Order came back for an encore? They were last seen together August 3, 2019. How often do you see an encore double as a playback?
Similar Spread
Lotto Texas, normally the “quiet one”, has had an interesting summer. Just one week ago, we saw a similar spread. Wednesday night gave us another one; the spread was 02:13:06:09:04. This time around, its spread was similar to the one seen November 19, 2016. The spread for that night was 04:02:13:06:09 and the winning numbers were 15, 19, 21, 34, 40, and 49. Remember: although the differences between numbers are the same in both these drawings, the orders are different.
Four-Number Combination(s)
There were more shenanigans to be had when repeating Four-Number
Combination 1, 3, 16, and 35 showed up!
This Combination debuted in the December 6, 2000 drawing.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 150th appearance with winning
numbers 8, 32, 47, 53, 59, and PB 3.
This Pattern has played in 37.4% of the 401 Powerball drawings.
The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order, now with 26
appearances, has played in 17.3% of the 150 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the
winning Pattern. Once all 401 drawings have been taken into consideration, this
General Order has played 6.48% of the time.
Now with seven appearances, the 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific
Order has played in 17.3% of the 26 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in roughly
4.67% of the 150 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in
1.75% of all 401 drawings.
Powerball saw a playback but did not see an encore. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-2-1-1] General Order, and 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order were last seen exactly one week prior. More specifically, in the July 31, 2019 drawing.
Three-Number Combination(s)
Believe it or not, Powerball kept it classy with two
repeating Three-Number Combinations:
August is the hottest month of the year and Lotto Texas and
Powerball have taken it to heart! Could there be more playback madness Saturday
night, or will things cool down?
The title you have just read may be misleading. No one was able
to claim the grand prize in the August 6th, 2019 Mega Millions
drawing. This, in turn, caused the prize to rise to the titular amount. All of
this was thanks to the wonders of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern.
The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 50 appearances, has played in 23.1% of the 216 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 486 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.3% of the time.
Now with 12 appearances, the 1 1 1 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 24% of the 50 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in roughly 5.56% of the 216 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern, and in 2.47% of all 486 drawings.
Both the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order and the 1 1 1 2 0 1 Specific Order played July 16th, 2019.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
Accompanying the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore was repeating Three-Number
Combination 11, 17, and 43.
This combination made its debut in the June 30th, 2015
drawing.
Is a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern three-peat in the forecast for Friday night?
August 3rd,
2019 was an historic night in the lottery world. Powerball had its 400th
drawing* and with it came a jackpot rise to $112 million! Lotto Texas, meanwhile,
has been following in Powerball’s footsteps. Although nowhere near the
madness its buddy has participated in, a showing form an uncommon Pattern
forced the jackpot to rise to $15 million. That’s still a good amount of prize
money.
*With “regular” numbers 1-69 and Powerballs 1-26.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
To add on to the uncommon Pattern, it showed up in a playback! The
Pattern in question, {3-3}, made its 135th appearance with 6, 17,
18, 20, 26, and 34.
This Pattern has played in 8.05% of the 1678 Lotto Texas drawings.
Now with 42 appearances, the 3 3 0 Specific Order has played in
31.1% of the 135 drawings where {3-3} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1678
drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played
2.50% of the time.
The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 33 appearances, has played in 30% of the 110 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 8.25% of all 400 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the [2-1-2-1] General Order played May 18th, 2019.
Now with four appearances, the 2 0 0 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 12.1% of the 33 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.64% of the 110 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1% of all 400 drawings. We last saw the 2 0 0 1 2 1 Specific Order October 1st, 2016.
Three-Number Combination(s)
Powerball marked this milestone with two repeating Three-Number
Combinations!
The next 100 Powerball drawings will most certainly be full of numbers
madness! On to more present matters, could the {2-2-1-1} Pattern make an encore
in Wednesday’s drawing? Will Lotto Texas continue its run with jackpot fever, or
will it come down?
A new month means more opportunities to win the lottery. Of course, this also means more lottery shenanigans! August is one of those hot, and strangely, “boring” months. Sure, there’s the whole back-to-school thing, but Lottery Trend Country (the US of A) doesn’t have any holidays. Nothing on the federal level, at least.
Mega Millions took the hint and there was no {2-2-1-1}
Pattern encore August 2nd, 2019. Instead, a safe, common
approach was taken. The aftermath was the players’ efforts to win the grand
prize thwarted once again. For everyone keeping track, the prize rose to $55
million.
General Lottery
Analysis
The {2-1-1-1-1}
Pattern made its 215th appearance with 11, 20, 26, 48, 70, and MB
19.
The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order, now with 52 appearances, has played in 24.2% of the 215 drawings where the winning Pattern was {2-1-1-1-1}. This General Order has also played in 10.7% of all 485 drawings. We last saw the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order June 21st, 2019.
Now with 12 appearances, the 1 2 0 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 23.1% of the 52 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.58% of the 215 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 485 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 2.47% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the 1 2 0 1 1 1 Specific Order played November 2nd, 2018.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
There were no
repeating Three-Number Combinations.
It’s too early to
say what August will really have in store for Mega Millions. The {2-1-1-1-1}
Pattern is fond of encores! Could
one be in the cards Tuesday night?
July is over. It’s still too hot to do much of anything except swim (or bake) and there’s only two weeks* until school starts. Time keeps on slippin’, as they say!
*Length of time may be different, depending on where you
are.
Now, July 31st,
2019 didn’t rock the boat too much. Save for a similar spread, it
was a quiet night. Neither Lotto Texas nor Powerball saw a grand prize winner,
and their jackpots rose to $14.5 million and $102 million, respectively.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 20, 24, 34, 36, 41, and 44, the {4-2} Pattern made its
181st appearance.
This Pattern has played in 10.8% of the 1677 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen June 15th, 2019.
Now with 34 appearances, the 0 4 2 Specific Order has played in 18.8% of the 181 drawings where {4-2} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1677 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 2.03% of the time. We last saw the 0 4 2 Specific Order August 18th, 2018.
Similar Spread
The spread for
Wednesday night was 04:10:02:05:03. This was similar to the one
seen March 25th, 2015. That night, the winning numbers were 1, 6, 8,
11, 15, and 25 and the spread was
05:02:03:04:10. Note that although the differences between numbers were the
same in both drawings, the orders were different.
Four-Number Combination(s)
Lotto Texas may have been thrilled with a similar spread, but it had
no love for repeating Four-Number Combinations.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 149th appearance with winning
numbers 14, 37, 47, 55, 67, and PB 6.
Of the 399 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played 37.3% of the time and was last seen July 20th, 2019.
The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order, now with 25 appearances, has played in 16.8% of the 149 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 399 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 6.27% of the time. We last saw the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order July 13th, 2019.
Now with six appearances, the 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order has played in 24% of the 25 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.03% of the 149 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.50% of all 399 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order played December 29th, 2018.
Three-Number Combination(s)
The lone repeating Three-Number Combination, 37, 55, and PB 6, made its debut December 9th, 2017.
Will Powerball start August with a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern
encore, and will Lotto Texas continue its jackpot climb?