Special thanks to guest blogger Romulun Harris for filling in on short notice!

We’ll cut right to the chase: The July 27, 2021 Mega Millions drawing produced a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore. That in and of itself wasn’t too out of the ordinary. What made this encore noteworthy was that the Pattern didn’t go it alone. No, there wasn’t a playback, but a General Order, [1-2-1-1-1] in this case, joined in on the encore frenzy. No records were shattered, but the Pattern and General Order gave it their all and pushed the jackpot to $166 million.

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore was made possible by 2, 35, 36, 54, 64 and MB 11. This Pattern has now played 299 times.

There have now been 692 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 43.2% of the time.

The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order, now with 70 appearances, has played in 23.4% of the 299 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 692 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.1% of the time.

Both the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern and the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order were last seen July 23, 2021.

Now with 14 appearances, the 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 20% of the 70 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.68% of the 299 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.02% of all 692 drawings. We last saw the 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order December 29, 2020.

Three-Number Combinations

The following repeating Three-Number Combinations supported the crew:

• 2, 35, 54 (Debuted September 1, 2015)
• 36, 54, 64 (Debuted November 24, 2017)

Will Mega Millions continue to get comfortable with the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, or will another Pattern be the one to shake things up Friday night?