Mega Millions was not in the giving spirit Friday night. Although a couple of people came close, it wasn’t enough to bring the jackpot down to size. Yet, this lottery wasn’t totally grinchy. The jackpot grew to $565 million, that’s true. Embracing repeats and Combinations caused a big hullabaloo.
General Lottery Analysis
December 23, 2022 had plenty of variety when it came to repeats. First, we had the {2-2-1-1} Pattern three-peat. Thanks to winning numbers 15, 21, 32, 38, 62 and MB 8, this Pattern has now played 234 times.
This Pattern has now played in 27.9% of the 839 Mega Millions drawings.
Also coming back for more was the [2-2-1-1] General Order! With 82 appearances, this General Order has now played in 35% of the 234 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 839 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.77% of the time.
Both the {2-2-1-1} Pattern and the [2-2-1-1] General Order were last seen December 20, 2022.
Now with 10 appearances, the 0 2 2 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 12.2% of the 82 drawings where the General Order was [2-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.27% of the 234 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.19% of all 839 drawings. Prior to Friday night, the 0 2 2 0 1 1 Specific Order played December 10, 2021.
Four-Number Combination
Next, we had repeating Four-Number Combination 21, 32, 38 and 62, which made its debut in the December 17, 2021 drawing.
Three-Number Combinations
Of course, that repeating Four-Number Combination had four repeating Three-Number Combinations tagging along!
- 21, 32, 38
- 21, 32, 62
- 21, 38, 62
- 32, 38, 62
All the above debuted in the earlier mentioned December 17th drawing. There was also room for two more:
- 15, 21, 62 (Debuted August 7, 2018)
- 15, 21, MB 8 (Debuted March 22, 2022)
Is Mega Millions gearing up for a pre-New Year’s Eve blowout instead?