Category: 2-2-1-1 pattern

Return of the Playback

For Lotto Texas, the month of April ended with a playback. And wouldn’t you know it? A playback happened again on May 2nd! Which Pattern-Specific Order pair saw this phenomenon? Well, it wasn’t the {2-2-2} Pattern/2 2 2 Specific Order. That would’ve been an Australia Play, a.k.a. “The Ultimate Playback”.

Powerball avoided the allure of not only the playback, but grand plays in general. It found normalcy to be quite alluring.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern made its fourth consecutive appearance with winning numbers 1, 2, 16, 27, 36, and 38.

The {3-2-1} Pattern back for four. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given its 807th appearance, this Pattern has played in 52.2% of the 1547 drawings so far in Lotto Texas.

By the powers of deduction, that means the 3 2 1 Specific Order made an encore. Now with 144 appearances, this Specific Order has played in 17.8% of the 807 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. This Specific Order has also played in 9.31% of all 1547 drawings.

Four-Number Combination(s)

Once again, there were no repeating Four-Number Combinations.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

And now it’s time to talk of Powerball’s comparatively “normal” night. With winning numbers 5, 14, 31, 40, 50, and PB 6, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has played 78 times.

A new Pattern was the “safest” play. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Given that there have been 269 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played in 29% of them. Prior to Wednesday night, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern played on April 21, 2018.

The [2-2-1-1] General Order, now with 30 appearances, has played in 38.5% of the 78 drawings where the winning Pattern was {2-2-1-1}. And, this General Order has played in 11.2% of all 269 drawings. The [2-2-1-1] General Order was last seen on February 14, 2018.

Now with three appearances, the 2 0 2 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 10% of the 30 drawings where the General Order was [2-2-1-1] and in 3.85% of the 78 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 269 drawings, this Pattern has played 1.12% of the time. The 2 0 2 1 0 1 Specific Order was last seen over two years ago in the February 6, 2016 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Powerball was so normal that there were no repeating Three-Number Combinations.

Will Saturday night be a sense of déjà vu, or will other Patterns get their shot?

Mega Millions’ Springtime Serenade

The chill is gone! Springtime is here to stay, and what with May right around the corner, it’s going to start feeling like summer soon enough. Before we get lost in dreams about tropical paradises, let’s focus on the April 27th Mega Millions drawing. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern streak got snuffed out, but the night was anything but quiet. This was also a pretty good night for those of you out there who love repeating Three-Number Combinations.

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern had the honor of crashing the streak. With winning numbers 2, 29, 38, 63, 66, and MB 11, this Pattern made its 100th appearance.

{2-2-1-1} Pattern now in the captain’s chair. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has now played in 28.3% of the 353 Mega Millions drawings and was last seen on April 13, 2018.

With its 34th appearance, the [1-2-2-1] General Order has now played in 34% of the 100 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 9.63% of all 353 drawings. Prior to Friday night, this General Order played on February 9, 2018.

Now with three appearances, the 1 0 2 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 8.82% of the 34 drawings where the General Order of the evening was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3% of the 100 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.85% of all 353 drawings. The 1 0 2 0 2 1 Specific Order was last seen on August 28, 2015. The Specific Order from that night was 1 0 2 1 1 1.

Three Number Combination(s)

There were two repeating Three-Number Combinations Friday night:

Two good (repeating) Combinations. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

With Friday night’s drawing, Mega Millions bid “Adieu” to April and is now looking ahead to May. In fact, it will have the honor of being the first lottery covered for that month! Will the month begin with a {2-2-1-1} Pattern encore or with a Pattern that is rarely seen?

Fighting the Freeze

Things are starting to warm up in Houston and other parts of the U.S. Whether or not we’re going to board the weather roller coaster again anytime soon is best left to the professionals. Meanwhile, we can say that both Lotto Texas and Powerball were determined to heat things up April 21st. “Quiet” was not the word of the evening!

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 17, 20, 24, 28, 49, and 53, the {3-2-1} Pattern played for the 804th time.

The undisputed leader of Lotto Texas patterns: the {3-2-1}. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given the 1544 Lotto Texas drawings so far, this Pattern has played in 52.1% of them and was last seen on April 7, 2018.

Now with 121 appearances, the 1 3 2 Specific Order has played in 15% of the 804 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. This Specific Order has also now played in 7.84% of all 1544 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, it previously played on February 14, 2018.

Four-Number Combination(s)

Repeating Four-Number Combinations are a fail-safe way to spice it up. There were three of them this time:

  • 17, 24, 49, 53 (Debuted April 23, 2016)
  • 17, 24, 28, 49 (Debuted November 7, 2007)
  • 20, 24, 28, 49 (Debuted November 11, 2009)
From the depths of the {3-2-1} Pattern. Source: lotterytrend.com.

It’s been a while since we’ve seen three repeating Four-Number Combinations in Lotto Texas. How fitting that on their return that we’d see one that made its debut over ten years ago!

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 77th appearance with winning numbers 40, 50, 54, 62, 69, PB 19.

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern chugs along. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has played in 34.1% of the 266 Powerball drawings and was last seen in the April 7, 2018 drawing.

You could say Lotto Texas and Powerball were joined at the hip Saturday night.

With its 23rd appearance, the [1-2-2-1] General Order has played in 29.9% of the 77 drawings where the winning Pattern was {2-2-1-1} and in 8.66% of all 266 drawings. This General Order was seen alongside the {2-2-1-1} Pattern in the earlier-mentioned April 7th drawing.

Alas, a playback was not meant to be. Now with three appearances, the 0 0 1 2 2 1 Specific Order has played in 13% of the 23 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.90% of the 77 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 266 drawings, this General Order has played 1.13% of the time. We last saw the 0 0 1 2 2 1 Specific Order in the October 18, 2017 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Along for the ride were three repeating Three-Number Combinations:

  • 40, 50, 62 (Debuted February 10, 2016 and previously played July 16, 2016)
  • 62, 69, PB 19 (Debuted October 17, 2015)
  • 40, 69, PB 19 (Debuted January 23, 2016)
The power of “3”. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Will either the {3-2-1} Pattern or the {2-2-1-1} Pattern be bold enough to establish a Pattern streak to end the month?

(Not) Very Superstitious

It happened again! Exactly six months ago, we covered a Mega Millions drawing that happened on Friday the 13th. Triskaidekaphobics everywhere can now breathe a sigh of relief. But, for the triskaidekaphobes (and those who aren’t) who also play Mega Millions and live for Pattern encores, then Friday night was the night for you!

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 8, 9, 32, 42, 59, and MB 10, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 99th appearance.

An encore for Friday the 13th. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 349 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has now played 28.4% of the time.

Fun fact: This Pattern also played in the October 13, 2017 drawing.

The [2-2-1-1] General Order, making its 35th appearance, has now played in 35.4% of the 99 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General order has also played in 10.0% of all 349 drawings. Prior to Friday night, the [2-2-1-1] General Order was last seen on January 23, 2018.

Now with five appearances, the 2 0 2 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 14.3% of the 35 drawings where the General Order was [2-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.01% of the 99 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern, and in 1.43% of all 349 drawings. We last saw the 2 0 2 0 1 1 Specific Order in the February 3, 2017 drawing. This was reconfigured from the 2 2 0 0 1 1 Specific Order seen that night.

Three Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combinations weren’t too fond of the 13th.

Will the {2-2-1-1} Pattern go for the three-peat in Tuesday’s drawing?

A Chilly Trend?

Mega Millions kicked off this past weekend in a sleepy state. What with how cold it was over a sizable part of Lottery Trend Country, it fit the mood. Temperatures started to warm up, but the April 10th drawing was similar to what we saw last time. Although this is only the third drawing we’ve covered for April, what we’ve seen this month is a far cry from the madness of March.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 5, 13, 31, 43, 53, and MB 20, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 98th appearance.

Pattern: {2-2-1-1}. Current mood: Hibernating. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 348 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has played in 28.2% of them, and was last seen in the March 6th, 2018 drawing.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order made its 31st appearance and has played in 31.6% of the 98 drawings where the winning Pattern was {2-2-1-1}. This General Order has also played in 8.91% of all 348 drawings and was seen alongside the {2-2-1-1} Pattern in the earlier-mentioned March 6th drawing. A flicker of warmth indeed!

If only a playback had occurred! The 2 0 1 2 0 1 Specific Order was last seen in the July 28th, 2017 drawing. Now with that said, this Specific Order has played in 12.9% of the 31 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.08% of the 98 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 348 drawings, the 2 0 1 2 0 1 Specific Order played 1.15% of the time.

Three Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations this time.

Will Mega Millions hit the snooze button Friday night, or will it jump out of bed, ready to take names?

 

Getting Back on the Bike

What makes riding a bike wonderful, aside from the exercise, is that you never forget how to ride one. Something similar happened on April 7, 2018. The {3-2-1} Pattern of Lotto Texas fame saw a Pattern encore. Powerball didn’t see one, but there were some rumblings amongst the Combinations.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

Right off the heels of Wednesday night’s drawing, the {3-2-1} Pattern made its 803rd appearance with winning numbers 15, 18, 28, 31, 33, and 51.

The {3-2-1} Pattern is ever-persistent. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that here have been 1540 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has played in 52.1% of them. Could it be that this Pattern is trying to re-establish a Pattern streak?

Moving on to the specifics, the 2 3 1 Specific Order, now with 131 appearances, has played in 16.3% of the 803 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. This Specific Order has also played in 8.51% of all 1540 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, we last saw the 2 3 1 Specific Order in the March 10, 2018 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Four-Number Combination of the evening was 15, 18, 33, 51.

Near the top of the list. Source: lotterytrend.com.

This Combination made its debut in the December 25, 2010 drawing.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Powerball saw the 76th appearance of the {2-2-1-1} Pattern. This time, the winning numbers were 2, 17, 20, 38, 39, and PB 20.

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern wasn’t so long ago, either. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has played in 29% of the 262 Powerball drawings, and previously played on March 28, 2018.

With 22 appearances, the [1-2-2-1] General Order has played in 28.9% of the 76 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 8.40% of all 262 drawings. The [1-2-2-1] General Order was last seen on March 3, 2018.

Now with five appearances, the 1 2 2 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 22.7% of the 22 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 6.58% of the 76 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 262 drawings, this Specific Order has played 1.90% of the time. The 1 2 2 0 0 1 Specific Order was seen alongside the [1-2-2-1] General Order in the March 3rd drawing mentioned earlier.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Powerball saw a repeating Three-Number Combination in the form of 2, 17, 20.

Top of the list, and leading the way. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Combination made its debut in the November 4, 2015 drawing.

Will the {3-2-1} Pattern go on to make a three-peat appearance in Wednesday’s drawing? Will Powerball continue to see repeating Three-Number Combinations?

How ‘Bout Them Encores?

Encores! It’s always nice when these guys pop up. If the Pattern you played last time shows up again, the first thing that probably comes to mind is “Woo hoo! Second chance!” Of course, it’s never that simple (C’mon! If you’ve been reading this blog, you know it’s not). Anyway, a Pattern encore came roaring through in the March 6th Mega Millions drawing. But, that wasn’t the only thing that got caught in the encore web.

General Lottery Analysis

Right off the heels of Friday night, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 97th appearance, with winning numbers 1, 4, 26, 35, 39, and MB 22.

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern strikes again. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Of the 338 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has played in 28.7% of them.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order, also having just been seen last Friday, made its 30th appearance. This General Order has now played in 30.9% of the 97 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 8.88% of all 338 drawings.

Now with three appearances, the 2 1 2 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 10% of the 30 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. It has also played in 3.09% of the 97 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 338 drawings, this Specific Order has played 0.89% of the time. Prior to Tuesday night, the 2 1 2 0 0 1 Specific Order previously played in the December 26th, 2017 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

There was a repeating Three-Number Combination this time!

  • 1, 26, 35 (Debuted May 2nd, 2014)
The Combination may be at the bottom of the table, but reigns supreme on repeats. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Will the {2-2-1-1} Pattern and [2-1-2-1] General Order stick together for a Friday night encore?

Bounded Together

Lotto Texas and Powerball are stuck together. That’s just the way it is. Every Wednesday and Saturday, they do their thing, and we do our thing by bringing you analysis. Last summer, we saw that these lotteries can be stuck together in other ways. March 3rd saw a shade of that.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

It was exactly one week ago that Lotto Texas saw an Australia Play. With winning numbers 5, 14, 23, 32, 42, and 52, it made its 210th appearance. Both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order have now played in 13.7% of the 1530 drawings.

Lotto Texas is on an Aussie kick. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Four-Number Combination(s)

As of late, Australia Plays have a love for repeating Four-Number Combinations!

  • 5, 23, 32, 42 (Debuted August 16th, 2008)
  • 14, 23, 32, 52 (Debuted February 6th, 2002, and was last seen April 26th, 2006)
Not many Four-Number Combinations show up three times. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 13, 17, 25, 36, 40, and PB 5, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 74th appearance.

Joined at the hip with the Australia Play. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Now with 252 Powerball drawings to date, this Pattern has played 29.4% of the time. Like Lotto Texas’s {2-2-2} Pattern, this Pattern was also seen in the February 24th, 2018 drawing.

With 21 appearances, the [1-2-2-1] General Order has played in 28.4% of the 74 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When looking at all 252 drawings, this General Order has played 8.33% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, this General Order was last seen on October 28th, 2017.

Now with four appearances, the 1 2 2 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in roughly 19% of the 21 drawings where [1-2-2-1] was the General Order of the evening. This Specific Order has also been seen in 5.41% of the 74 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.59% of all 252 drawings. We last saw the 1 2 2 0 0 1 Specific Order in the September 24th, 2016 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination, 13, 25, PB 5, made its debut in the March 18th, 2017 drawing.

Showed up almost a year ago. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Will the {2-2-2} Pattern and {2-2-1-1} Pattern make an encore together in Wednesday’s drawing?

In Like a {2-2-1-1}

Ah, March. Spring is coming soon, if it’s not here already, and there are many things to look forward to:

And of course, more Mega Millions coverage. Once again, it had the honor of kicking off a month (see February). Although March 2nd was quieter than what we saw lately, it wasn’t a sleepy night.

General Lottery Analysis

Friday night saw the 96th appearance of the {2-2-1-1} Pattern, with winning numbers 24, 28, 42, 60, 64, and MB 8.

{2-2-1-1} is the second-most common Pattern. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has now played in 28.5% of the 337 Mega Millions drawings. We last saw this Pattern on February 13, 2018.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 29 appearances, has played in 30.2% of the 96 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When looking at all 337 drawings, this General Order has played 8.61% of the time. Like the {2-2-1-1} Pattern, the [2-1-2-1] General Order previously played on February 13th.

Could it be that Mega Millions kicked off the month with a playback? Let’s see what the Specific Order did.

With two appearances, the 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has now played in 6.90% of the 29 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1].  This Specific Order has also played in 2.08% of the 96 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern, and in 0.59% of all 337 drawings. A playback wasn’t meant to be. The 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order made its debut in the March 27, 2015 drawing. This was reconfigured from the  0 2 1 1 1 1 Specific Order seen that night, and the winning numbers were 17, 21, 36, 58, 70, and MB 3.

Three Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations.

Will Tuesday’s drawing feature a {2-2-1-1} Pattern encore?

Bouncing Through a Time Warp

Saturdays wield the power of nostalgia. Be it Saturday morning cartoons, hanging out at the mall, or just sleeping in, there’s something about that day that makes the urge to reminisce hard to suppress. As is the nature of Lottery Binge, we cover past lotteries—the past can be from just a few days ago to a time when Blockbuster Video was where you rented movies and video games. February 24, 2018 was a night when the past truly took over.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 5, 9, 32, 35, 51, and 54, the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order made their 209th appearance.

There’s a history buried in here. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that there have been 1528 Lotto Texas drawings, the Australia Play has appeared 13.7% of the time. We last saw one in the February 3, 2018 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The biggest event of the evening was with one of the repeating Four-Number Combinations:

  • 9, 35, 51, 54
  • 5, 9, 32, 35
First position for the *very* first Lotto Texas drawing. Source: lotterytrend.com.

The first Combination is a special one. See, it made its debut on July 19, 2000. That was the very first Lotto Texas drawing to use numbers 1 through 54!

The second Combination made its debut in the November 30, 2002 drawing.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Powerball stumbled across some leftover Valentine’s Day candy. The {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 73rd appearance with winning numbers 24, 25, 38, 62, 63, and PB 6.

Things were a bit quieter in Powerball. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

With 250 Powerball drawings to date, this Pattern has played in 29.2% of them.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 24 appearances, has played in 32.9% of the 73 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When looking at all 250 drawings, this General Order has played 9.6% of the time. This General Order previously played on November 25, 2017.

Now with four appearances, the 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in roughly 16.7% of the 24 drawings where [2-1-2-1] was the General Order of the evening. This Specific Order has also played in 5.48% of the 73 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern, and in 1.6% of all 250 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order previously played on September 13, 2017.

Powerball’s journey didn’t go as far back, but it was a trip back in time nonetheless.

Three-Number Combination(s)

There weren’t any repeating Three-Number Combinations this time.

Lotto Texas and Powerball will have the honor of bidding February adieu. Will either the Australia Play or the {2-2-1-1} Pattern make an encore? Will there be another trip back to the “distant” past?