February 12, 2021 was a wild night for Mega Millions. For starters, it decided to go out on a date with one of its least commonly played Patterns. That sent players foaming at the mouth. However, the prize jumped to $96 million, so the foaming was short-lived.
The biggest draw of the evening was the appearance of six, yes six, repeating Three-Number Combinations! Was this by an assist from a repeating Four-Number Combo, or was it by something else? Let’s find out!
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 31st appearance with winning numbers 5, 14, 24, 25, 27 and MB 14.
There have now been 645 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 4.81% of the time.
The [2-3-1] General Order, now with 15 appearances, has played in 48.4% of the 31 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 645 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 2.33% of the time.
Prior to Friday night, both the {3-2-1} Pattern and the [2-3-1] General Order played October 20, 2020.
Now with two appearances, the 2 3 0 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 13.3% of the 15 drawings where the General Order was [2-3-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 6.45% of the 31 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.31% of all 645 drawings. The 2 3 0 0 0 1 Specific Order made its first appearance in the November 14, 2017 drawing.
Three-Number Combinations
The six repeating Three-Number Combinations were as follows:
- 5, 14, 25 (Debuted October 22, 2019)
- 14, 24, MB 14 (Debuted August 16, 2019)
- 14, 25, 27 (Debuted July 8, 2014)
- 24, 25, 27 (Debuted December 12, 2017)
- 5, 25, MB 14 (Debuted September 23, 2016)
- 5, 25, 27 (Debuted October 9, 2020)
These Combinations came about by their own merits. No repeating Four-Number Combination needed!
Given the history of Mega Millions’ {3-2-1} Pattern, it isn’t likely that they’ll be together Tuesday night. If 2020 is anything to go by, then anything is possible!