The $522 Million Dollar Bubble Burst (California Dreams)

All good things come to an end.

All bubbles eventually burst.

Cliched yes, but these statements were true in the aftermath of the July 24^th Mega Millions drawing. The sole winner of the grand jackpot hailed from the Golden State! The prize has simmered down to $40 million, which itself is none too shabby.

Now to unmask the Pattern and its General/Specific Order cohorts.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 1, 2, 4, 19, 29, and MB 20, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has played 71 times.

These numbers made someone half a BILLION dollars richer. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has played in 18.8% of the 378 Mega Millions drawings and was last seen on June 22^nd, 2018.

The [3-1-1-1] General Order made its 26^th appearance and has now played in 36.6% of the 71 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 6.88% of all 378 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the [3-1-1-1] General Order played alongside the {3-1-1-1} Pattern in the earlier-mentioned June 22^nd drawing.

Now with four appearances, the 3 1 1 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 15.4% of the 26 drawings where the General Order was [3-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.63% of the 71 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 378 drawings, this Specific Order has played 1.06% of the time. A playback (Pattern, General Order, and Specific Order played together on a previous date) was not meant to be. The 3 1 1 0 0 1 Specific Order was last seen on February 2^nd, 2018.

Three Number Combination(s)

Someone claiming the crazy-high jackpot was enough momentum for Mega Millions. There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations this time.

Now that things have settled down and July is ending soon, will the {3-1-1-1} Pattern make an encore in Friday’s drawing?

“The Stupid Rich Zone” or “Half a Billion Mega Millions Dreams”

Being stupid rich is about having so much money you don’t know what to do with it. This is the kind of money that will last for generations, provided it’s spent and invested in wisely. The summer heat doubled down and the Mega Millions jackpot continued its meteoric rise. After the July 20^th drawing, the prize is now close to half a billion dollars, $493 million to be precise!

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 1, 14, 30, 44, 62, and MB 1, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 165^th appearance.

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern soar to new heights. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has played in 43.8% of the 377 Mega Millions drawings and was last seen July 10^th, 2018.

The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order made its 46^th appearance and has now played in 27.9% of the 165 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 12.2% of all 377 drawings. Prior to Friday night, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order played on May 1^st, 2018.

Now with 15 appearance, the 2 0 1 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 32.6% of the 46 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 9.09% of the 165 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 377 drawings, this Specific Order has played 3.98% of the time. The 2 0 1 1 1 1 Specific Order previously played on December 15^th, 2017.

Three Number Combination(s)

There were two repeating Three-Number Combinations, one of which had already played twice before.

14, 30, 44 (Debuted May 12^th, 2015 and previously played June 8th, 2018)
1, 30, MB 1 (Debuted May 19^th, 2017)

Three-Number Combinations provided an extra boost. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

The beat (and heat) goes on. Will a winner be “crowned” after Tuesday’s drawing, or will the jackpot continue to soar?

The Incredible, (Non)Edible Rising Mega Millions Jackpot

Summer. Love it or hate it, the temperatures are rising even more. Shaved ice and a trip to the pool offer temporary relief. The real solution, at least for those of us in Houston, is cranking up the air conditioner. In parallel fashion, the Mega Millions jackpot rose once again July 17th and now stands tall at $422 million. That’s more than enough to pay off that crazy-high electric bill! Which Pattern and its General/Specific Orders is responsible for this madness!?

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 16^th appearance with winning numbers 40, 41, 61, 66, 67, and MB 12.

{3-2-1}, and the jackpot lifts off again. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Of the 376 Mega Millions drawings so far, this Pattern has played 4.26% of the time and previously played on July 6^th, 2018.

The [2-3-1] General Order made its eighth appearance and was seen alongside the {3-2-1} Pattern in the earlier-mentioned July 6^th drawing. With that said, this General Order has played in 50% of the 16 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 2.13% of all 376 drawings.

The 0 0 2 0 3 1 Specific Order made its debut Tuesday’s drawing. With that said, this Specific Order has now appeared in 12.5% of the eight drawings where the General Order was [2-3-1]. This Specific Order has also appeared in 6.25% of the sixteen drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 376 drawings , the 0 0 2 0 3 1 Specific Order has played in 0.27% of them.

Three Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination, 61, 66, and 67, made its debut in the June 10^th, 2016 drawing.

Will the heat turn up even higher Friday night? Could the Mega Millions jackpot be flirting with a jackpot close to, or even exceeding $500 million soon?

Getting Lucky With {2-2-1-1}

Once again, Mega Millions had a drawing fall on Friday the 13^th. If crazy-large jackpots are your thing, then July 13^th was your lucky night! The jackpot continues to climb and now stands at $375 million. And that means Mega Millions fever continues to spread. Let’s take a closer look at the numbers that kept the rising jackpot train going.

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 108^th appearance with winning numbers 21, 22, 39, 59, 68, and MB 2.

And the jackpot climbs ever upward. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 375 Mega Millions drawings to date, this Pattern has played 28.8% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern played on June 26, 2018.

With 36 appearances, the [2-1-2-1] General Order has played in 33.3% of the 108 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} Pattern was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 9.60% of all 375 drawings and was last seen on June 19, 2018.

Now with three appearances, the 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 8.33% of the 36 drawings where [2-1-2-1] was the General Order of the evening. This Specific Order has also played in 2.78% of the 108 drawings where the winning Pattern was {2-2-1-1} and in 0.80% of all 375 drawings. The 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order previously played in the March 2, 2018 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 21, 39, and MB 2.

This Combination made its debut in the December 30, 2016 drawing.

As Mega Millions fever sweeps throughout the land, will it break on Tuesday’s drawing or will the temperature continue to rise?

Summer Sizzle: {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern Edition

How interesting! The hottest days of summer are upon us, and Mega Millions piled on. There has yet to be a grand prize winner and as of the July 10^th drawing, the jackpot is $340 million. Of course, the most commonly seen Pattern had to have a hand in this.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 1, 17, 28, 56, 70, and MB 14, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 164^th appearance.

The beginning of something grand? Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Of the 374 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has played in 43.9% of them. Prior to Tuesday night, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern played on July 3, 2018, exactly one week prior.

The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order made its 36^th appearance and has played in roughly 22% of the 164 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 9.63% of all 374 drawings. We last saw the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order on May 11, 2018.

Now with ten appearances, the 1 2 0 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 27.8% of the 36 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also appeared in 6.1% of the 164 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.67% of all 374 drawings. The 1 2 0 1 1 1 Specific Order previously played on August 9, 2016. This was reconfigured from the 1 2 1 0 1 1 Specific Order and the winning numbers were 12, 19, 20, 44, 66, and MB 1.

Three Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination, 28, 70, MB 14, made its debut in the June 19, 2018 drawing.

Near the top of the charts. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

One thing for certain is that an insane blowout is on the horizon. Will someone win the grand prize Friday, or will it continue to rise with a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore? If the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern develops a solid Pattern streak as the jackpot rises, the fallout, of course, will be astronomical.

Rising Jackpots and an Uncommon Mega Millions Pattern

One thing that can be said about this summer is that there has yet to be a long-lasting Pattern streak. Last summer and the summer before, this was in Mega Millions’ bag of goodies. This summer, another goody has been added to the arsenal: a rising jackpot. With no grand prize winner after the July 6^th drawing, the jackpot is now $306 million. There was also a Pattern that, although common in Lotto Texas, isn’t so for Mega Millions.

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern made its fifteenth appearance with winning numbers 2, 10, 46, 50, 56, and MB 16.

Visit from a rare Pattern. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Of the 373 Mega Millions drawings to date, this Pattern has played 4.02% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the {3-2-1} Pattern played on November 14, 2017.

With it seventh appearance, the [2-3-1] General Order has now played in 46.7% of the 15 drawings where {3-21} was the winning Pattern. When looking at all 373 drawings, this General Order has played 1.88% of the time. The ]2-3-1] General Order accompanied the {3-2-1} Pattern in the earlier-mentioned November 14^th drawing.

Now with two appearances, the 2 0 0 3 0 1 Specific Order has played in 28.6% of the seven drawings where the General Order was [2-3-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 13.3% of the 15 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.54% of all 373 drawings. The 2 0 0 3 0 1 Specific Order made its debut in the January 6, 2017 drawing. This was reconfigured from the 2 0 1 2 0 1 Specific Order seen that night. The winning numbers then were 6, 10, 44, 47, 54, and MB 6. Also note that the drawing for that night was under the old system (“regular balls” = 1-75; “Mega balls” = MB 1 through MB 15).

Three Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations this time around.

Will the {3-2-1} Pattern make an encore in Tuesday’s drawing?

An Extreme Case of Encore-itis

For Mega Millions, July started the way June ended. Once more the jackpot climbed, now standing at a whopping $283 million. The July 3, 2018 drawing also saw the return of a Pattern that played very recently.

General Lottery Analysis

With its 163^rd appearance, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern not only made an encore but started yet another month! This time, the winning numbers were 13, 35, 45, 49, 68, and MB 23.

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern is full of surprises. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Of the 372 Mega Millions drawings to date, this Pattern has played 43.8% of the time. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern wasn’t the only one making another appearance right after the June 29, 2018 drawing!

The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order caught the “encore” bug and made its 45^th appearance. This General Order has now played in 27.6% of the 163 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 12.1% of all 372 drawings.

Contagions aren’t easily contained; the 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order also made an encore. Now with twelve appearances, this Specific Order has played in 26.7% of the 45 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 7.36% of the 136 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when taking all 372 drawings into account, the 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order has played 3.23% of the time.

Three Number Combination(s)

The cherry on top was the appearance of two repeating Three-Number Combinations:

13, 35, 68 (Debuted August 28, 2015)
49, 68, MB 23 (Debuted June 29, 2018)

An added bonus. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Mega Millions continues to outdo itself. If it hadn’t been for the first listed Combination, then we would have seen a complete June 29th takeover!

Now that July is in full swing, will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern and company go for a “three-peat” Friday night?

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern Ouroboros

The ouroboros, as defined by the Google dictionary, is “a circular symbol depicting a snake, or less commonly a dragon, swallowing its tail, as an emblem of wholeness or infinity.” It looks something like this:

Friday’s drawing. Source: Google Images (original site: https://tribu.co.uk/products/ouroboros-snake-sterling-silver-ring)

Mega Millions was like the ouroboros in the June 29, 2018 drawing. Although nothing mystical happened, and the jackpot climbed to $256 million, Pattern-wise, the month ended the way it started. This is much like the snake eating its own tail.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 2, 32, 47, 59, 68, and MB 23, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 162^nd appearance.

Finishing what it started. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Of the 371 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has played 43.7% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern played on June 1, 2018.

The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order made its 44^th appearance and has now played in 27.2% of the 162 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When taking all 371 drawings into account, this General Order has played 11.9% of the time. We last saw the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order in the May 15, 2018 drawing.

Now with eleven appearances, the 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order has played in 25% of the 44 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 6.79% of the 162 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.96% of all 371 drawings. The 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order previously played on April 17, 2018.

Three Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations Friday night. The lack of repeating Three-Number Combinations is what happened the last time this Pattern appeared!

July is right around the corner. Will there be a pre-Fourth of July blowout, or will Mega Millions have other plans?

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern and the Ever-Growing Jackpot

Turn up the heat! As of the June 26^th drawing, there has yet to be a grand prize winner. The jackpot is now $232 million. So far, Mega Millions has avoided Pattern streaks. For now, it has opted on a growing jackpot, with an encore here and there.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 17, 25, 29, 39, 60, and MB 19, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 107^th appearance.

Big jackpot, no Pattern streaks. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 370 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has played 28.9% of the time. Prior to Tuesday night, this Pattern was seen on June 19^th, 2018.

The [2-2-1-1] General Order made its 36^th appearance and has now played in 33.6% of the 107 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 9.73% of all 370 drawings. The [2-2-1-1] General Order previously played April 13^th, 2018.

Now with five appearances, the 0 2 2 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 13.9% of the 36 drawings where the General Order was [2-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.67% of the 107 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 370 drawings, this Specific Order has played 1.35% of the time. The 0 2 2 0 1 1 Specific Order was last seen on December 1^st, 2017.

Three Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations Tuesday night.

The last drawing of the month is this Friday. Will June close with a Pattern encore, or will Mega Millions have another surprise in store?

The Middling {3-1-1-1}

What better way to start a new season (summer or winter, depending on where you are) than with the “middle child” of Mega Millions Patterns? The {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared far more often than many Patterns. Yet, it’ll be a long time before it ever dreams of catching up with either the {2-1-1-1-1} or {2-2-1-1} Patterns. This “middle child” had a lot going for it in the June 22, 2018 drawing. One of its feats was pushing the Mega Millions jackpot to $212 million.

General Lottery Analysis

The 70^th appearance of the {3-1-1-1} Pattern was thanks to winning numbers 2, 6, 11, 27, 44, and MB 20.

70 is the new “middle”. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 369 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has played roughly 19% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern played on May 22, 2018.

The [3-1-1-1] General Order made its 35^th appearance and has now played in 35.7% of the 70 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 6.78% of all 369 drawings. When it comes to being joined at the hip, the [3-1-1-1] General Order would know about it! This played alongside the {3-1-1-1} Pattern in the earlier-mentioned May 22^nd drawing.

Another surprise was the debut of the 3 1 0 1 0 1 Specific Order. With that said, this Specific Order has played in 4% of the 25 drawings where [3-1-1-1] was the General Order. This Specific Order has also played in 1.43% of the 70 drawings where the winning Pattern was {3-1-1-1} and in 0.27% of all 369 drawings.

Three Number Combination(s)

Finally, there was a repeating Three-Number Combination nestled inside:

11, 27, 44 (Debuted March 17, 2015)

One of the “middle child’s” many surprises. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Will the {3-1-1-1} Pattern start the last week of June with an encore?