When Mega Millions is down, it’s never down for long! This may be due to its quick recovery rate. After a recent reset, it added $2 million to the pot, and this continued a few more times. The addition on August 11, 2020 jumped from a $2 million increase to a $7 million increase. With another night of no jackpot winners, the jackpot jumped from $24 million to $31 million.
General Lottery Analysis
Mega Millions returned to the arms of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, with winning numbers 8, 22, 29, 43, 56 and MB 9. This Pattern has now played 259 times.
There have now been 592 drawings, and this Pattern has played 43.75% of the time. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern was last seen August 4, 2020.
The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 58 appearances, has played in 22.4% of the 259 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 592 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.80% of the time. Prior to Tuesday night, the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order played April 24, 2020.
Now with 15 appearances, the 1 1 1 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 25.9% of the 58 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.79% of the 259 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.53% of all 592 drawings. We last saw the 1 1 1 2 0 1 Specific Order in the March 13, 2020 drawing.
Three-Number Combinations
Another sign of a rebound was the appearance of three repeating Three-Number Combinations, one of which played twice before!
- 22, 29, 56 (Debuted June 20, 2014)
- 22, 43, MB 9 (Debuted March 26, 2019)
- 8, 29, 43 (Debuted April 18, 2017 and last seen November 26, 2019)
With Mega Millions making a break for the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, does that mean an encore is in the works for Friday night?