Every night a lottery plays feeds into The Great Jackpot Cycle. Whether they’re towering behemoths or just starting to put on their running shoes, it’s inevitable that jackpots will fall, then rise again. This cycle will repeat for as long as lotteries exist.
As of September 28, 2021, the Mega Millions jackpot is in the “rise” stage of the cycle. It will be a while yet before the jackpot soars past $400 million, but $34 million isn’t too bad of a stopping point.
General Lottery Analysis
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 303rd appearance with winning numbers 18, 30, 43, 68, 69 and MB 22.
This Pattern has now played in 42.7% of the 710 Mega Millions drawings and was last seen September 10, 2021.
The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 68 appearances, has played in 22.4% of the 303 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 710 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.58% of the time. We last saw the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order May 4, 2021.
Now with 11 appearances, the 0 1 1 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 16.2% of the 68 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.63% of the 303 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.55% of all 710 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the 0 1 1 1 2 1 Specific Order played November 20, 2020.
Three-Number Combinations
On the road to a larger jackpot, repeating Three-Number Combinations may be picked up along the way. Tuesday night has four:
- 18, 30, 68 (Debuted March 15, 2016)
- 30, 43, 69 (Debuted April 7, 2017)
- 18, 69, MB 22 (Debuted October 23, 2020)
- 18, 68, 69 (Debuted July 6, 2021)
As Mega Millions bids farewell to September, it does so with its most commonly played Pattern. Will October begin with a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore that pushes the jackpot even higher?