Friday night was Mega Millions’ turn to climb aboard the March train. Lotto Texas and Powerball set the tone earlier in the week with rising jackpots. Mega Millions followed suit, and in the end, the jackpot grew to $188 million.
General Lottery Analysis
March 3, 2023 featured the 362nd appearance of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern. The winning numbers were 8, 25, 36, 39, 67 and MB 11.
This Pattern has now played in 42.1% of the 859 Mega Millions drawings and was last seen February 24, 2023.
The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order, now with 108 appearances, has played in 29.8% of the 362 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 859 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 12.6% of the time.
Now with 24 appearances, the 1 1 2 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 22.2% of the 108 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 6.63% of the 362 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.79% of all 859 drawings.
Both the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order and the 1 1 2 0 1 1 Specific Order were last seen February 21, 2023.
Three-Number Combinations
Mega Millions also had a hankering for repeating Three-Number Combinations. In fact, there were four!
- 8, 25, 36 (Debuted May 19, 2020)
- 8, 67, MB 11 (Debuted January 24, 2017)
- 8, 39, 67 (Debuted May 8, 2018)
- 8, 36, 39 (Debuted May 11, 2021)
Will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern return and boost the jackpot even higher Tuesday night?