New Year’s Eve is a time of reflection and a time to party. Drinks, movies, games, all these are well and good, but no celebration is complete without fireworks! Mega Millions said “Adios!” to 2019 with a fireworks display of its own by showcasing an uncommonly seen Pattern and an entourage of repeating Three-Number Combinations. As the fireworks show ended, the players were left with a jackpot that climbed to $60 million.
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 30, 44, 49, 53, 56, and MB 11, the {4-1-1} Pattern made its 14th appearance in the December 31, 2019 drawing.

There have been 528 drawings and this Pattern has played 2.65% of the time.
The [1-4-1] General Order, now with eight appearances, has played in 57.1% of the 14 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 528 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 1.51% of the time.
Both the {4-1-1} Pattern and the [1-4-1] General Order were last seen in the October 18, 2019 drawing.
Now with two appearances, the 0 0 1 4 0 1 Specific Order has played in 25% of the eight drawings where the General Order was [1-4-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 14.3% of the 14 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.38% of all 528 drawings. The 0 0 1 4 0 1 Specific Order made its first appearance September 10, 2019.
Three-Number Combination
Leading the pack in repeating Three-Number Combinations was 30, 44, and 56. This Combination debuted June 8, 2018 and was last seen November 12, 2019.

As you can see in the picture above, there were three other Combinations:
- 49, 56, MB 11 (Debuted October 17, 2017)
- 30, 53, MB 11 (Debuted March 7, 2017)
- 30, 53, 56 (Debuted December 17, 2019)
Will the first Mega Millions drawing of 2020 host another jackpot hike or another showing of the {4-1-1} Pattern?