Mega Millions learned a Very Important Lesson ™ in being itself June 19, 2020. Rather than borrow from Lotto Texas, it decided to stick with what it knew. Instead of a {3-2-1} Pattern three-peat, this lottery returned to its most commonly seen Pattern: {2-1-1-1-1}. And it wasn’t just the appearance of a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern that sent the jackpot to $35 million!
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 11, 34, 36, 52, 66 and MB 7, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 249th appearance.

This Pattern has now played in 43.2% of the 577 Mega Millions drawings.
The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order, now with 57 appearances, has played in 22.9% of the 249 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 577 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.88% of the time.
Prior to Friday night, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern and the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order hung out together May 19, 2020.
Now with 11 appearances, the 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 19.3% of the 57 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.42% of the 249 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.91% of all 577 drawings. The 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order was last seen June 21, 2019.
Four-Number Combination
This {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern’s powers were boosted by the appearance of repeating Four-Number Combination 34, 36, 66 and MB 7!

This Combination debuted February 5, 2019.
Three-Number Combinations
Everyone knows, or should know, that a repeating Four-Number Combination never acts alone. Four repeating Three-Number Combinations made up the entourage. In fact, one Combination played twice before!
- 34, 36, 66
- 34, 36, MB 7
- 36, 66, MB 7
- 34, 66, MB 7

The first three Combinations debuted February 5, 2019. The last Combination in the list (34, 66 and MB 7) debuted June 10, 2016 and was last seen February 5, 2019.
With Mega Millions returning to its roots, so to speak, will it stick with the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern for the rest of the month?