May 12, 2023 was the night that repeating Combinations ruled. For one, a repeating Four-Number Combination was spotted! That, of course, led to the presence of repeating Three-Number Combinations. Lest too much is given away too soon, the jackpot rose to $113 million.
Now, onto the analysis!
General Lottery Analysis
Friday night’s winning numbers were 1, 2, 23, 40, 45 and MB 15, bringing the number of appearances of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern to 369.
This Pattern has now played in 42% of the 879 drawings and was last seen April 28, 2023.
The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 90 appearances, has played in 24.4% of the 369 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 879 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.2% of the time. March 28, 2023 was the last time we saw the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order.
Now with 15 appearances, the 2 1 1 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 16.7% of the 90 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.07% of the 369 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the General Order and in 1.71% of all 879 drawings. Prior to Friday night, the 2 1 1 1 0 1 Specific Order played March 14, 2023.
Four-Number Combination
Repeating Four-Number Combination 1, 23, 40 and 45 debuted July 23, 2019.
Three-Number Combinations
Naturally, there were four associated repeating Three-Number Combinations:
- 23, 40, 45
- 1, 40, 45
- 1, 23, 45
- 1, 23, 40
All of them debuted in the earlier-mentioned July 23, 2019 drawing.
Mega Millions didn’t stop there! Three more repeating Three-Number Combinations were spotted:
- 2, 23, 45 (Debuted March 24, 2015)
- 2, 40, 45 (Debuted March 18, 2022)
- 23, 45, MB 15 (Debuted February 21, 2014)
Will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern return Monday night?