Summer is a distant memory, and winter has decided to pay an early visit. Like Mother Nature, Mega Millions continues with its routine, caring not what mere mortals think. Given how cold it’s been lately, this lottery thought, “Let’s heat things up a bit”. A closer look at the November 18, 2022 results shows that “a bit” is an understatement!
Mega Millions continued to hold the title of “Largest Jackpot”. A Pattern three-peat made the jump to $259 million possible.
General Lottery Analysis
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern is the most played Pattern in Mega Millions, in part due to the occasional three-peat! With winning numbers 2, 14, 16, 38, 66 and MB 9, this Pattern has now played 353 times.

There have now been 829 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 42.6% of the time. November 15, 2022 was the last time the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern played.
The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 87 appearances, has played in 24.6% of the 353 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 829 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.5% of the time.
Now with 13 appearances, the 2 1 1 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 14.9% of the 87 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.68% of the 353 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.57% of all 829 drawings.
Prior to Friday night, both the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order and the 2 1 1 0 1 1 Specific Order played November 11, 2022.
Three-Number Combinations
As if a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern three-peat were all that happened Friday night! A trio of repeating Three-Number Combinations also made a scene:
- 14, 16, 38 (Debuted August 21, 2018)
- 14, 38, MB 9 (Debuted March 20, 2018)
- 2, 38, 66 (Debuted April 27, 2018)

Will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern trot onto the lottery scene once again Tuesday night?