Specials are a staple of the holidays. From special deals on Amazon to watching Christmas specials, there’s just no escaping them. In fact, the Christmas season is a prime time for lotteries to offer specials of their own. And boy, did Mega Millions cook up something big!
Mega Millions has featured plenty of encores. No big deal, right? Well, what if we told you that the December 13, 2022 drawing featured three encores? The payoff was grand, as the special playback boosted the jackpot to $429 million.
General Lottery Analysis
These six numbers made the encore playback (or is it playback encore?) possible: 14, 22, 48, 58, 68 and MB 6. This brought the number of appearances for the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern to 356.
There have now been 836 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 42.6% of the time.
The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 81 appearances, has played in 22.8% of the 356 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 836 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.69% of the time.
Now with 10 appearances, the 1 1 0 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 12.3% of the 81 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 2.81% of the 356 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.20% of all 836 drawings.
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, and the 1 1 0 1 2 1 Specific Order were all hanging out together in the December 9, 2022 drawing.
Three-Number Combinations
What’s an encore playback without repeating Three-Number Combinations? Five of them were spotted Tuesday night:
- 14, 22, 48 (Debuted June 18, 2019)
- 14, 22, 58 (Debuted March 26, 2019)
- 22, 48, 58 (Debuted December 3, 2021)
- 14, 58, 68 (Debuted December 19, 2014; previously played August 31, 2021)
- 14, 48, 58 (Debuted February 6, 2018; previously played February 16, 2018)
We’re getting closer to Christmas and the jackpot is still holding strong! Will the jackpot grow once more with the help of a playback three-peat Friday night?