August. That’s the eighth month. It’s the month when students head back to class and the summer heat intensifies (as if it can’t get any hotter). This year, August is the month that Mega Millions is the lone billion-dollar jackpot. As of August 1, 2023, Mega Millions is still the lone billion-dollar jackpot, and then some!
Mega Millions took a quieter approach Tuesday night. At least, it was quieter than Friday night. Yet, as quiet as it was, the jackpot grew to $1.25 billion.
General Lottery Analysis
The August 1, 2023 drawing featured the 29th Australia Play. With winning numbers 8, 24, 30, 45, 61 and MB 12, the {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and the 1 1 1 1 1 1 Specific Order have played in 3.22% of the 902 Mega Millions drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, an Australia Play was featured in the July 11, 2023 drawing.
Three-Number Combinations
There were six Three-Number Combination Repeats:
- 8, 24, and 30 first played on July 22, 2016.
- 24, 45, and 61 first played on June 25, 2019.
- 30, 45, and 61 first played on January 13, 2023.
- 8, 61, and MB12 first played on September 25, 2018.
- 8, 30, and 61 first played on September 29, 2015, and the second time on January 25, 2019.
- 8, 30, and 45 first played on March 13, 2015.
Is an Australia Play encore in the cards for Friday night, and will it be the play that knocks the Mega Millions jackpot off its pedestal?