Another holiday season has come and gone. A collective groan erupts far and wide as it’s time to get back into the work/school routine. Instead of groaning, Mega Millions yawned.
The Christmas-New Year’s timeframe was a busy one for this lottery. Christmas Eve saw a whopping seven repeating Three-Number Combinations! Nothing like that happened this past Friday. The jackpot rose to $69 million and Mega Millions cocooned itself in a blanket as it took a well-earned rest.
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 99th appearance in the January 3rd, 2020 drawing with winning numbers 37, 41, 42, 53, 63, and MB 16.
There have now been 529 Mega Millions drawings and this Pattern has played in 18.7% of them. We last saw the {3-1-1-1} Pattern December 17th, 2019.
The [3-1-1-1] General Order, now with 38 appearances, has played in 38.4% of the 99 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 529 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 7.18% of the time. The [3-1-1-1] General Order was last seen November 8th, 2019.
Now with three appearances, the 0 0 3 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 7.89% of the 38 drawings where the General Order was [3-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.03% of the 99 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.57% of all 529 drawings. Prior to Friday night, the 0 0 3 1 1 1 Specific Order played January 30th, 2018.
Three-Number Combination
Part of resting up means no repeating Three-Number Combinations.
Mega Millions is off to a quiet start to the year, but does that mean the lull will continue in the foreseeable future?