Last week was…interesting for Mega Millions. In a Lottery Binge first, we watched the jackpot get knocked down and stay down. After a week of back-to-back wins, everything changed Tuesday night. With help from a common Pattern, the jackpot climbed to $22 million.
General Lottery Analysis
April 19, 2022 was a good night for the {2-2-1-1} Pattern. Thanks to 2, 9, 33, 47, 53 and MB 24, this Pattern has now played 215 times.

This Pattern has now played in 28% of the 768 Mega Millions drawings.
The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 67 appearances, has played in 31.2% of the 215 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 768 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 8.72% of the time.
Both the {2-2-1-1} Pattern and the [2-1-2-1] General Order played March 15, 2022.
Now with seven appearances, the 2 0 1 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 10.4% of the 67 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.26% of the 215 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.91% of all 768 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the 2 0 1 2 0 1 Specific Order played in the Christmas 2018 drawing.
Three-Number Combinations
A couple of repeating Three-Number Combinations sprouted up as well:
- 33, 47, 53 (Debuted May 5, 2017)
- 2, 33, 53 (Debuted August 18, 2015)

Is another jackpot increase in store for Friday night, or will the reset button be pushed yet again?