The cleanest play in the lottery world is the playback. This phenomenon occurs in Mega Millions when the Pattern, General Order, and Specific Order, share a date when they previously played together. There is yet another level of playback. In this playback is a special Pattern. When this Pattern plays in Mega Millions, there is but one General Order and one Specific Order that show up alongside it.
That special playback is the Australia Play, and it sent the prize to $116 million.
General Lottery Analysis
The Australia Play made its 17th appearance in the January 17, 2020 drawing. The winning numbers were 3, 25, 30, 54, 70, and MB 9.
Given that there have been 533 drawings, 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 have played 3.19% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the Australia Play occurred in the September 17, 2019 drawing.
Three-Number Combination(s)
This Australia Play was accompanied by two repeating Three-Number Combinations:
- 25, 70, MB 9 (Debuted February 2, 2016)
- 3, 54, 70 (Debuted August 2, 2016)
Will Tuesday’s drawing see a rare Australia Play encore or will another Pattern take center stage?