The Fourth of July is right around the corner. For many people, that means firing up the grill, beach excursions, but more importantly, fireworks! Some like to get ahead of the game and fire a few off in preparation for the big night.

Mega Millions bid farewell to June with a pre-holiday fireworks show of its own. Tuesday night saw the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern return for the third drawing in a row and with it a jackpot that grew to $72 million.

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern three-peat of June 29, 2021 was made possible by 7, 38, 50, 52, 69 and MB 21. This Pattern has now played 297 times.

There have now been 684 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 43.4% of the time. We last saw the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern June 25, 2021.

The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order, now with 92 appearances, has played in 31% of the 297 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 684 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 13.5% of the time. Prior to Tuesday night, the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order played June 22, 2021.

Now with 23 appearances, the 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order has played in 25% of the 92 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 7.74% of the 297 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 3.36% of all 684 drawings. The 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order was last seen April 2, 2021.

Three-Number Combinations

Repeating Three-Number Combination 7, 38 and 52 debuted October 13, 2015.

With June in Mega Millions’ rear view mirror, will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern still be along for the ride?