As we’ve gotten deeper into summer, the temperature hasn’t been the only thing rising! The Mega Millions jackpot rose yet again, and it was thanks to a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore. Said encore raised the jackpot to $113 million.

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore of July 17, 2020 was made possible by 12, 13, 21, 46, 57 and MB 21. This Pattern has now played 254 times.

There have now been 585 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 43.4% of the time.

The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 64 appearances, has played in 25.2% of the 254 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 585 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.9% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order played March 3, 2020.

Now with 11 appearances, the 2 1 0 1 1 1 Specific Order played in 17.2% of the 64 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.33% of the 254 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.88% of all 585 drawings. We last saw the 2 1 0 1 1 1 Specific Order August 20, 2019.

Three-Number Combinations

It was too hot outside to even bother with repeating Three-Number Combinations, so goes Mega Millions’ logic.

Is a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern three-peat in the cards, and will it boost the jackpot even higher?