Pre-Christmas Thaw

It’s winter in Lottery Trend Country, although it doesn’t really feel like it in our neck of the woods. To think that it snowed two weeks ago! Thus the fickle nature of Houston weather. On the lottery side of things, December 20, 2017 saw a “thaw”. Lotto Texas had a Pattern encore, and then some. Powerball stayed mellow through-and-through.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern couldn’t bear to be out of the spotlight for long. Right off the heels of Saturday night’s drawing, it made its 785^th appearance. This time, the winning numbers were 6, 10, 11, 22, 30, and 45.

The {3-2-1} Pattern strikes again. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that there have been 1509 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has played in 52% of them.

Now with 136 appearances, the 3 2 1 Specific Order has played in 17.3% of the 785 drawings where the {3-2-1} Pattern has appeared. It has also appeared in 9.01% of all 1506 drawings. This Specific Order was seen alongside the {3-2-1} Pattern in this past Saturday’s drawing, and thus, we had a playback.

Four-Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Powerball didn’t see any encores, or a playback. With winning numbers 1, 20, 61, 64, 69, and PB 20, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 44^th appearance.

A {3-1-1-1} Pattern for the evening. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has now played in roughly 19% of the 231 Powerball drawings, and was last seen in the December 2, 2017 drawing.

The [1-1-3-1] General Order made its 20^th appearance, and has now played in 45.5% of the 44 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. This General Order has also played in 8.66% of all 231 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the [1-1-3-1] General Order was seen in the November 15, 2017 drawing.

With its third-ever appearance, the 1 1 0 0 3 1 Specific Order has played in 15% of the 20 drawings where the [1-1-3-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 6.82% of the 44 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in roughly 1.30% of all 231 drawings. We last saw the 1 1 0 0 3 1 Specific Order in the June 7, 2017 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

No repeating Three-Number Combinations for Powerball this time.

Saturday will be the Christmas Eve-Eve drawing. Will Lotto Texas and Powerball gift us with encores or rare Patterns?

Pre-Christmas Pattern Show

For those of you who have yet to do any Christmas shopping, there isn’t much time left! But, let’s forget about last-minute shopping for a moment and get into the festive part of Christmas. The gift exchanges, the parties, and of course, the Mega Millions. In the lead-up to Christmas last year, Mega Millions took it easy. Was it another quiet pre-Christmas for this lottery? Although not a blowout, Tuesday’s results were noteworthy.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 28, 37, 39, 42, 58, and MB 2, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 62^nd appearance in the December 19^th drawing.

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern isn’t rare, but not that common, either. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 316 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has now played in 19.6% of them. Prior to Tuesday night, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern was seen in the November 7, 2017 drawing.

Fun fact: The {3-1-1-1} Pattern played in last year’s lead-up to Christmas, appearing in the December 20, 2016 drawing.

The [1-3-1-1] General Order played for the 27^th time. It has now played in 43.5% of the 62 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. When looking at all 316 drawings, this General Order has played 8.54% of the time. The [1-3-1-1] General Order was last seen in the October 17, 2017 drawing. This was reconfigured from the [2-2-1-1] General Order that appeared that night.

Making its third appearance was the 0 1 3 0 1 1 Specific Order. This has now played in 11.1% of the 27 drawings where the [1-3-1-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 4.84% of the 62 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 0.95% of all 316 drawings. The 0 1 3 0 1 1 Specific Order was last seen over three years ago. More specifically, in the July 25, 2014 drawing.

Even though Lottery Binge wasn’t around three years ago, we thought you’d like to know the specifics. The 0 1 3 0 1 1 Specific Order was reconfigured from the 0 2 2 0 1 1 Specific Order seen that hot summer night. The winning numbers were 22, 29, 33, 41, 68, and MB 12.

Three Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening made its debut in the 2014 Fourth of July drawing. That Combination was 39, 58, and MB 2.

Up in the clouds. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Friday’s drawing will be just three days before Christmas. Will Mega Millions leave a big gift under the tree, or will it follow the path it took last year?

A Playback and a Spread

The word “Uneventful” does not describe the night of December 2^nd. This was the night of the playback, and the similar spread. Which lottery saw which event?

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 12, 15, 17, 31, 38, and 47, the {3-2-1} Pattern made its 781^st appearance.

Six numbers pack a lot of power. Source: lotterytrend.com.

This Pattern has played in 51.9% of the 1504 Lotto Texas drawings, and was last seen November 25, 2017.

Now with 145 appearances, the 3 1 2 Specific Order has played in 18.6% of the 781 drawings where the {3-2-1} Pattern has appeared. This Specific Order has now played in 9.64% of all 1504 drawings. And, it was seen alongside the {3-2-1} Pattern in the November 25^th drawing.

Because the {3-2-1} Pattern and the 3 1 2 Specific Order were seen together in a previous drawing, we here at Lottery Binge call this a playback.

Four-Number Combination(s)

Lotto Texas thought the playback was enough. There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 43^rd appearance, with winning numbers 28, 30, 32, 36, 58, and PB 6.

These numbers ruled the night. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Given that there have been 226 Powerball drawings so far, this Pattern has played about 19% of the time. It was last seen in the November 15, 2017 drawing.

The [1-3-1-1] General Order has now played 14 times, and has thus appeared in 32.6% of the 43 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has played 6.19% of the time when looking at all 226 drawings. Prior to Saturday, this General Order played in the September 23, 2017 drawing.

Now with four appearances, the 0 1 3 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 28.6% of the 14 drawings where the [1-3-1-1] General Order appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 9.30% of the 43 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} pattern appeared. Finally, when looking at all 226 Powerball drawings, the 0 1 3 0 1 1 Specific Order has played 1.77% of the time. We last saw this Specific Order in the May 24, 2017 drawing.

Similar Spread

It just so happens that Powerball also saw a similar spread. The spread was shared with the numbers in the February 18, 2017 drawing. That night, the winning numbers were 3, 7, 9, 31, 33, and PB 20. The spread was 04:02:22:02. The spread for Saturday’s numbers was 02:02:04:22. Remember that with similar spreads, the numbers in the spreads are the same, but their orders are different.

Three-Number Combination(s)

There was also one lone repeating Three-Number Combination: 32, 36, and 58.

Not even six months and it shows up again. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

It wasn’t that long ago that this Combination made its debut. More specifically, it was the June 24, 2017 drawing.

Will either Pattern make an encore presentation in Wednesday’s drawing? Will there be more similar spreads?

Encore at the Halfway Point

November 15, 2017 was an important day. It marked the halfway point of the month, and a reminder that (U.S.) Thanksgiving is right around the corner. To all you U.S. readers, don’t panic! You’ve got about a week left to make plans. Lottery-wise, Lotto Texas had all the fun.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

Right off the heels of Saturday’s drawing, the {4-1-1} Pattern made an encore. This time around, the winning numbers were 2, 5, 8, 18, 32, and 37.

{4-1-1} had the repeat. Source: lotterytrend.com.

With 165 appearances to date, this Pattern has now played in 4.34% of the 1499 Lotto Texas drawings.

Now with 54 appearances, the 4 1 1 Specific Order has played in 32.7% of the 165 drawings where the {4-1-1} Pattern has appeared. Given that there have been 1499 drawings, this Specific Order has played in 3.60% of them. Prior to Wednesday night, it was last seen in the October 11, 2017 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

There was a repeating Four-Number Combination nestled in these numbers. The Combination this time was 5, 8, 32, and 37.

It was nearly four years ago when this Combination made its debut. More specifically, it was the December 11, 2013 drawing.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Powerball saw no such Pattern encore. Instead, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 42^nd appearance, with winning numbers 23, 32, 44, 48, 50, and PB 25.

Powerball lets Lotto Texas have the fun. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has now played in 19% of the 221 Powerball drawings, and it was last seen on October 11, 2017.

Making its 19^th appearance was the [1-1-3-1] General Order, which has now played in 45.2% of the 42 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. This General Order has also played in roughly 8.6% of the 221 drawings. We last saw the [1-1-3-1] General Order in the October 7, 2017 drawing.

The 0 1 1 3 0 1 Specific Order made its second appearance. It has now played in 10.5% of the 19 drawings where the [1-1-3-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 4.76% of the 42 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 0.90% of all 221 drawings. The 0 1 1 3 0 1 Specific Order made its debut this past summer, in the July 1, 2017 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination lull continued Wednesday night.

Will the {4-1-1-1} Pattern go for a three-peat on Saturday? Will Powerball see a repeating Three-Number Combination?

November Oldies

Even after the introduction of a new system, some oldies showed up. No, nothing dating before this decade appeared. That’s more Lotto Texas territory, anyway. But, there were a couple of eyebrow-raising developments in the November 7, 2017 Mega Millions drawing.

General Lottery Analysis

Tuesday night’s winning numbers were 1, 54, 60, 68, 69, and MB 11. This marked the 61^st appearance of the {3-1-1-1} Pattern.

The power of six. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

With 304 drawings to date (Remember, a new system went into effect last week), this Pattern has played 20.1% of the time. We last saw the {3-1-1-1} Pattern on October 17, 2017. This was reconfigured from the {2-2-1-1} Pattern seen that night.

Now with 15 appearances, the [1-1-3-1] General Order has played in 24.6% of the 61 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. And, it has now played in 4.93% of all 304 drawings. The [1-1-3-1] General Order was basking in the summer sun the last time it appeared. More specifically, the July 22, 2016 drawing. We reconfigured this from the [1-4-1] General Order seen that night.

Speaking of specifics, the 1 0 0 1 3 1 Specific Order made its fourth appearance Tuesday night. This puts it at 26.7% of the 15 drawings where the [1-1-3-1] General Order has appeared. When looking at the 61 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has played, this Specific Order has played 6.56% of the time. Finally, it has played in all 304 drawings. It’s been a while since anyone last saw the 1 0 0 1 3 1 Specific Order. It previously played in the November 14, 2014 drawing. Can you believe that it’s been almost three years?

Three Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations Tuesday night.

Will there be a {3-1-1-1} Pattern encore or more “oldies” in Friday night’s drawing?

Breaking the Streak

October 20^th saw the {2-2-1-1} Pattern streak come to an end. However, Mega Millions wasn’t completely quiet Friday night. There was a Specific Order that hasn’t played in over three years. What Pattern would be so bold to break the streak?

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern was that bold Pattern. With winning numbers 6, 23, 63, 66, 73, and MB 9, this Pattern has played 71 times.

The numbers that stopped a four-peat. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 418 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has played in about 17% of them. Prior to Friday night, we last saw the {3-1-1-1} Pattern in the October 6^th, 2017 drawing.

With 27 appearances, the [1-1-3-1] General Order has played in 38% of the 71 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. This General Order has also played in 6.46% of all 418 drawings. The [1-1-3-1] General Order had previously played in the September 29^th, 2017 drawing.

And now for the “Specific Order that hadn’t played in years”. The 1 1 0 0 3 1 Specific Order made its third appearance. Of the 27 drawings where the [1-1-3-1] General Order appeared, this Specific Order has played in 11.1% of them. We’ve also seen this Specific Order in 4.23% of the 71 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has played, and in 0.72% of all 418 drawings. This Specific Order was last seen in the August 8^th, 2014 Mega Millions drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

It’s tempting to think that these numbers would also produce at least one repeating Three-Number Combination. There weren’t any this past Friday.

Will the {3-1-1-1} Pattern make an encore in Tuesday’s drawing? Will next week see another Specific Order that hadn’t played in years?

Playback & Encore

After a Four-Number Combination appeared in Powerball this past weekend, anything right after would pale in comparison, right? Even though the night of October 11^th wasn’t as explosive, there were still some big plays. The {3-2-1} Pattern streak was shattered in Lotto Texas. Meanwhile, Powerball saw a Pattern encore. And then some.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {4-1-1} Pattern pushed the {3-2-1} Pattern aside with winning numbers 3, 4, 6, 11, 19, and 38.

The streak is gone, ’cause {4-1-1} said so. Source: lotterytrend.com.

This Pattern has now played in 163 drawings, and has appeared in 10.9% of the 1489 Lotto Texas drawings to date. Prior to Wednesday night, we last saw this Pattern on September 20^th, 2017.

Making its 53^rd appearance was the 4 1 1 Specific Order. This has played in 32.5% of the 163 drawings where the {4-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 3.56% of all 1485 drawing. The 4 1 1 Specific Order was seen alongside the {4-1-1} Pattern in the September 20^th drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations here. What of Powerball?

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Right off the heels of Saturday night, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made an encore appearance. This time around, the winning numbers were 1, 3, 13, 19, 69, and PB 23.

What did this {3-1-1-1} Pattern produce? Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has now played 41 times, and has appeared in 19.4% of the 211 Powerball drawings.

With ten appearances, the [3-1-1-1] General Order has played in 24.4% of the 41 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. This General Order has also played in 4.74% of all 211 drawings. When we last saw the [3-1-1-1] General Order, it was during the dog days of summer. More specifically, during the August 12^th, 2017 drawing.

Powerball stole the night with big plays. One such play was the debut of the 3 1 0 0 1 1 Specific Order! This has now played in 10% of the ten drawings where the [3-1-1-1] General Order has appeared. Additionally, this Specific Order has played in 2.44% of the 41 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 0.47% of all 211 drawings.

Four-Number Combination(s)

No, there weren’t any repeating Four-Number Combinations! But, there was some repeating Combination action.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Here is where the repeating Combination action took place. There was only one repeating Three-Number Combination: 1, 3, 13.

So much fun being at the top. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Combination made its debut earlier in the year. January 11^th, 2017 to be precise.

Will either the {4-1-1} or {3-1-1-1} Patterns make another appearance Saturday night?

A Playback and a Storm of (Repeating) Combinations

True to the spirit of Saturday nights, October 7, 2017 was in the throes of parties. Number parties, that is. Lotto Texas saw a three-peat and Powerball? Powerball saw a repeating Four-Number Combination for the first time in seven weeks.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

Right off the heels of Tuesday’s drawing, the {3-2-1} Pattern ruled the night. Saturday night’s winning numbers were 2, 12, 28, 31, 32, and 42, bringing the total number of appearances to 775.

{3-2-1} reigns supreme. Source: lotterytrend.com.

This Pattern has played in 52.1% of the 1488 drawings.

The 2 3 1 Specific Order has appeared in 128 drawings, and has played in 16.5% of the 775 drawings where the {3-2-1} Pattern has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 8.60% of all 1488 drawings. Lately, it appears that this Specific Order is joined at the hip with the {3-2-1} Pattern, as it too was caught in the throes of a three-peat.

Contrary to popular expectations, there were no repeating Four-Number Combinations here. As we hinted at earlier, that happened in Powerball.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

For those of you who’ve been following Lottery Binge, you know the rule. First the general analysis, and then the Combinations. Ahem.

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 40^th appearance, with winning numbers 10, 49, 61, 63, 65, and PB 7.

Powerball stole all the thunder. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has played in roughly 19% of the 210 Powerball drawings, and was last seen about a couple of weeks ago. More specifically, in the September 23, 2017 drawing.

Now with 18 appearances, the [1-1-3-1] General Order has played in 45% of the 40 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. And, this General Order has played in 8.57% of all 210 drawings. This General Order is not an encore appearance. To see when this General Order previously played, we need to go back to July 15, 2017.

Making its fourth appearance, the 1 0 0 1 3 1 Specific Order has played in 22.2% of the 18 drawings where the [1-1-3-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 10% of the 40 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 1.90% of all 210 drawings. And, like the [1-1-3-1] Specific Order, we need to go back to an earlier date to see when the 1 0 0 1 3 1 Specific Order previously played. In this case, we last saw the Specific Order in the June 21, 2017 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

So, for the first time in seven weeks, a repeating Four-Number Combination showed its face in Powerball:

61, 63, 65, PB 7 (Debuted November 16, 2016)

A repeating Four-Number Combination. In Powerball!? Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com

Remember, repeating Four-Number Combinations are not common with Powerball! You know where it is common though? Lotto Texas.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Of course, we can’t talk about a repeating Four-Number Combination without the Three-Number Combinations that were “birthed” from it, can we?

63, 65, PB 7
61, 65, PB 7
61, 63, PB 7
61, 63, 65

Altogether now. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

As is the nature of this type of occurrence, these four Combinations also made their debut in the November 16^th, 2016 drawing.

Will either the {3-2-1} Pattern or {3-1-1-1} Pattern make an encore in Wednesday’s drawing? Will Powerball throw another zinger and play another repeating Four-Number Combination?

Oh Snap! {3-1-1-1} Did it Again!

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern is normally a quiet, unassuming Pattern. It doesn’t go around establishing streaks like {2-1-1-1-1}. Apparently, the urge to create a Pattern streak was overwhelming, because the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its third consecutive appearance in the October 6, 2017 drawing. This Pattern packed a punch. See, the three-peat wasn’t the only big thing of the evening.

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 70^th appearance with winning numbers 21, 33, 36, 45, 56, and MB 12.

A three-peat? Whodathunkit? Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has played in 16.9% of the 414 Mega Millions drawings.

With 21 appearances, the [1-3-1-1] General Order has now played in 30% of the 70 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. This General Order has also played in 5.07% of all 414 drawings. We can safely say that the [1-3-1-1] General Order’s appearance was an encore. It played alongside the {3-1-1-1} Pattern in this past Tuesday’s drawing.

Now with eight appearances, the 0 1 3 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 38.1% of the 21 drawings where the [1-3-1-1] General order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 11.4% of the 70 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 1.93% of all 414 drawings. Unlike the [1-3-1-1] General Order, this Specific Order did not make an encore. The last time we saw the 0 1 3 1 0 1 Specific Order was in the May 12, 2017 drawing.

Similar Spread

The Mega Millions analyst informed me that there was a similar spread. The spread of the evening was 12:03:09:11. If we look at the April 17^th, 2015 drawing, the winning numbers were 15, 18, 29, 41, 50, and MB 5, and the spread was 03:11:12:09. As is the case with similar spreads, the spreads may be the same, but the numbers played and the orders in which the spreads occur are different. This information will be passed on to our webmaster, and the Mega Millions site will be updated accordingly.

Three-Number Combination(s)

To add onto the momentum, there were two repeating Three-Number Combinations:

33, 36, 45 (Debuted May 3, 2016)
21, 56, MB 12 (Debuted October 17, 2014)

Two repeating Combinations stuck in the middle. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Are Pattern streaks the new face of the {3-1-1-1} Pattern, or will it disappear in Tuesday’s drawing?

Another Helping of {3-1-1-1}

Right off the heels of Friday night’s drawing, Mega Millions started October with a {3-1-1-1} encore. The October 3, 2017 drawing also featured a Specific Order that hadn’t been seen in almost two years. Although we didn’t have a repeating Combination bonanza, there was a repeating Three-Number Combination or two.

With winning numbers 12, 18, 19, 25, 67, and MB 7, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 69^th appearance.

Starting October where September left off. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have now been 413 drawings, this Pattern has now played in 16.7% of the 413 Mega Millions drawings.

The [1-3-1-1] General Order made its 20^th appearance, and has now played in roughly 29% of the 69 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. This General Order has also played in 4.84% of all 413 drawings. We last saw the [1-3-1-1] General Order in the August 18, 2017 drawing.

Now with three appearances, the 1 3 0 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 15% of the 20 drawings where the [1-3-1-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 4.35% of the 69 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 0.73% of all 413 drawings. Now, the 1 3 0 0 1 1 Specific Order is a special one indeed. It previously played in the December 18, 2015 drawing. Talk about an early Christmas gift!

As for the repeating Three-Number Combinations of the evening, they were as follows:

12, 18, 25 (Debuted February 25, 2014)
12, 25, MB 7 (Debuted January 13, 2015)

Two repeaters. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Will the {3-1-1-1} Pattern go for the three-peat in Friday night’s drawing?