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Christmas Clean-Up

Hope everyone out there had a great Christmas! Now that we’ve had our fill of Christmas ham and dressing, it’s time to get back to work. Lottery work, that is. Even with one week left in 2017, lotteries don’t take breaks!

Some people see December 26th as “The Day After Christmas.” Others see it more like:

  • Boxing Day (More of a UK/Commonwealth thing, not so much in the U.S.)
  • The First Day of Kwanzaa
  • The penultimate drawing of 2017

That last point is what today’s post is all about. Was there a {3-1-1-1} three-peat Tuesday night?

General Lottery Analysis

Although there was no Pattern three-peat, we did see the second-most commonly played Mega Millions Pattern. With winning numbers 10, 12, 20, 38, 41, and MB 25, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 89th appearance.

A visit from the “#2” Pattern. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has played in roughly 28% of the 318 drawings. The {2-2-1-1} Pattern was the one that kicked off December, showing up on the very first day.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order made its 27th appearance, and has now played in 30.3% of the 89 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has appeared. When looking at all 318 drawings, this General Order has played 8.49% of the time. Prior to Tuesday night, the [2-1-2-1] General Order played in the October 27, 2017 drawing.

With its second-ever appearance, the 2 1 2 0 0 1 Specific Order has now played in 7.41% of the 27 drawings where the [2-1-2-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has played in 2.25% of the 89 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 0.63% of all 218 drawings.  The 2 1 2 0 0 1 Specific Order is a special one. It made its debut over three years ago in the July 15, 2014 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

Even more amazing is the repeating Three-Number Combination 10, 20, 38.

At the bottom of the table, but tops in Combination appearances. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Combination made its debut in the December 26, 2017 drawing, exactly three years prior!

Friday’s drawing will be the last Mega Millions drawing of 2017. Will the 2017 run end with a {2-2-1-1} Pattern encore?

Mega Millions Takes a Holiday

A front has blown through Houston, and for those who like cold weather (not colds!) at Christmas time, it feels a bit more like Christmas is “supposed” to feel. Not cold enough to snow, but certainly sweater weather. Mega Millions took a cue from Mother Nature and cooled down, too. Just like last year. But, unlike what we saw the week before Christmas 2016, there was a Pattern encore in the December 22, 2017 drawing.

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern wasn’t content on just popping up in this past Tuesday’s drawing. It showed up again Friday night. With winning numbers 1, 20, 30, 33, 42, and MB 16, the number of appearances of this Pattern is now 63.

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern comes back for more. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

With 317 Mega Millions drawings to date, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has played 19.9% of the time.

The [1-1-3-1] General Order played for the 16th time. This General Order has now played in 25.4% of the 63 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. When taking all 317 drawings into account, this General Order has played 5.05% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the [1-1-3-1] General Order was seen in the November 7, 2017 drawing.

Now with four appearances, the 1 1 3 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 25% of the 16 drawings where the [1-1-3-1] General order has appeared. This Specific Order has played in 6.35% of the 63 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. Finally, when taking all 317 drawings into account, this Specific Order has played 1.26% of the time. We last saw the 1 1 3 0 0 1 Specific Order in the December 27, 2016 drawing. This was reconfigured from the 1 2 2 0 0 1 Specific Order seen that night, and appeared under the old 75-15 Mega Millions system.

Three Number Combination(s)

As is the nature of a cooldown, there were no repeating Three-Number Combinations.

Hard to believe, but next week will be the last full week of 2017. Will Mega Millions end the year with a bang?

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 62nd appearance in the December 19th 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 27th 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?

Christmas Countdown: Mega Millions Style

The world is now in countdown mode. There are now nine days until Christmas and sixteen days until the new year. Subtract a day if you’re reading this from a part of the world that’s at least eight hours ahead of us in Houston. With that said, December 15th was the (un)official start of the countdown, and Mega Millions wanted a part of the action. At the end of the last Mega Millions post, we wondered if a rare Pattern would make an appearance Friday night. Did a rare Pattern have the honor of appearing in the 315th drawing?

General Lottery Analysis

The honor went to the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern. With winning numbers 4, 12, 36, 44, 57, and MB 19, this Pattern has now played 138 times.

The ever-resilient {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has played in 43.8% of all 315 drawings, and was last seen the previous Friday. Could the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern be trying to establish a “Friday streak” like it did last month? So, this Pattern didn’t appear on December 1, 2017, but there are two Fridays left. Anything can happen!

Now with 40 appearances, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order has played in about 29% of the 138 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. When looking at all 315 drawings, this General Order has played 12.7% of the time. Prior to Friday, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order previously played on October 24, 2017.

The 2 0 1 1 1 1 Specific Order made its 14th appearance, and has now played alongside the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order 35% of the time. When looking at the 138 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, this Specific Order has played 10.1% of the time. Now looking at all 315 drawings, this Specific Order has played 4.44% of the time. We last saw the 2 0 1 1 1 1 Specific Order in the September 1, 2017 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 4, 36, and 57.

Near the bottom of the list, but tops in Combination repeats. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Combination made its debut in the January 5, 2016 drawing.

Next week is the last week before Christmas. Will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern dominate?

The 4-1-1 on Mega Millions

Time flies by, doesn’t it? With only a few weeks left in 2017, let’s take moment to reflect:

  • Another {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern streak happened over the summer.
  • A new system was implemented early last month. Instead of 75 “regular” balls and 15 Mega Balls, we now have 70 “regular” balls and 25 Mega Balls. We call the new system 70-25.

With this new system, there have been 314 drawings. Of those drawings, this is the first one to have the uncommonly-seen {4-1-1} Pattern.

General Lottery Analysis

The December 12, 2017 drawing saw winning numbers 8, 23, 24, 25, 27, and MB 9, bringing the number of appearances of the {4-1-1} to  seven.

Out came a rare Pattern. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has played 2.23% of the time, and was last seen in the March 28, 2017 drawing. This was reconfigured from the {3-1-1-1} Pattern seen that night.

Tuesday night also saw the fourth appearance of the [1-4-1] General Order. This General Order has played in 57.1% of the seven drawings where the {4-1-1} Pattern has appeared. When looking at all 314 Mega Millions drawings, the [1-4-1] General Order has played in 1.27% of them. We last saw this General Order in the June 10, 2016 drawing. This wasn’t reconfigured from anything.

The 1 4 0 0 0 1 Specific Order made its world debut! At least, in the 70-25 system. Under said system, this Specific Order has played in 25% of the four drawings where the [1-4-1] General Order has appeared. It has also played in 14.3% of the seven drawings where the {4-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 0.32% of all drawings. The 1 4 0 0 0 1 Specific Order did appear in the old 75-15 system, having been seen in the July 22, 2016 drawing. That Specific Order was reconfigured to 1 3 1 0 0 1 so it would comply with the 70-25 system.

Three Number Combination(s)

The rarely-seen {4-1-1} Pattern was accompanied by two repeating Three-Number Combinations.

  • 25, 27, MB 9 (Debuted July 8, 2014)
  • 8, 24, 25 (Debuted July 22, 2016)
The repeating Combinations also doubled as bookends. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Will Friday’s drawing feature another rarely-seen Pattern?

There’s Snow Pattern Like {2-1-1-1-1}

Currently, a winter storm is dropping several inches of snow across the Eastern United States. Thursday night into Friday, places that normally don’t see snow saw anywhere from a dusting to a few inches.

Lottery Trend headquarters was one of them.

A small, early morning snowball.

What with it being Houston and all, the snow never stays long. It was all gone by noon Friday. Yet, it was still cold, for Houston at least. The high temperature barely reached 40 °F, or about 5 °C for the rest of the world. To our readers in the Eastern U.S., stay safe and stay warm.

And what of Mega Millions? Well, it avoided being buried under the snow Friday night.

General Lottery Analysis

A {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore ruled the night December 8th. With winning numbers 6, 37, 46, 60, 70, and MB 24, this Pattern has played 137 times.

Out of the cold comes a Pattern encore. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 313 drawings, this Pattern has appeared in 43.8% of them.

Now with 33 appearances, the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order has played in 24.1% of the 137 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. This General Order has also been seen in 10.5% of all 313 drawings. Prior to Friday night, the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order played November 24, 2017.

The 1 0 1 1 2 1 Specific Order made its 12th appearance. This Specific Order has now played in 36.4% of the 33 drawings where the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order has appeared. And, it has played in 8.76% of the 137 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. When taking all 313 drawings into account, the 1 0 1 1 2 1 Specific Order has played 3.83% of the time. We last saw this Specific Order in the September 22, 2017 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations. Apparently, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore was considered “Good enough” for keeping warm.

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

The Big Mega Millions Chill

Winter is here. For some animals, bears for example, winter means hibernation. For other animals, it means winter outfits, hot cocoa, presents, and snow days. Mega Millions, being a lottery and all, need not worry about such mortal things. And yet, even it’s not immune to cooldowns. Timing is everything.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 14, 15, 37, 42, 67, and MB 22, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 136th appearance in the December 5, 2017 drawing.

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern provided some warmth. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 312 drawings in the 70-25 system, this Pattern has played 43.6% of the time. This Pattern was last seen in the November 28, 2017 drawing.

Making its 37th appearance was the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order. This General Order has played in 27.2% of the 136 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. When looking at all 312 Mega Millions drawings, this General Order has played 11.9% of the time. The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order was seen alongside the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern in the November 28th drawing.

Now with seven appearances, the 1 1 2 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 18.9% of the 37 drawings where the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order has appeared. In the 136 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, this Specific Order has played 5.15% of the time. Finally, when looking at all 312 drawings, the 1 1 2 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 2.24% of them. Unlike the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order, this Specific Order did not play on November 28th. It was last seen in the November 10, 2017 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

The only sliver of warmth was the appearance of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern. There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations.

Will things warm up a bit Friday night with a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore?

December Comes to Mega Millions

Can you believe it? We made it to December! With all the insanity going on in the “real world”, we can count on Mega Millions to be one of many trusty avenues of escape. One thing that makes Mega Millions fun to analyze is that it likes to shake things up. November was “The Month of {2-1-1-1-1}”. That Pattern was the first and last Pattern to play. Did {2-1-1-1-1} become the Pattern to start December?

General Lottery Analysis

It turns out that the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern did not make an encore. The honor of starting December was handed to the {2-2-1-1} Pattern. With winning numbers 16, 22, 40, 41, 59, and MB 8, this Pattern made its 88th appearance.

Changing it up a bit. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

As of December 1st, there have been 311 Mega Millions drawings. The {2-2-1-1} Pattern has played 28.3% of the time, and was last seen in the November 21, 2017 drawing.

The [2-2-1-1] General Order made its 32nd appearance. This has now played in 36.4% of the 88 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has appeared. When looking at all 311 drawings, this General Order has played 10.3% of the time. The [2-2-1-1] General Order accompanied the {2-2-1-1} Pattern in the November 21st drawing.

Now with four appearances, the 0 2 2 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 12.5% of the 32 drawings where the [2-2-1-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 4.55% of the 88 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 1.29% of all 311 drawings. Prior to Friday night, the 0 2 2 0 1 1 Specific Order was last seen in the September 15, 2017 drawing. This was reconfigured from the 0 2 2 1 0 1 Specific Order seen that night.

Three Number Combination(s)

Even without the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern taking the reins, Mega Millions got December started with three repeating Three-Number Combinations:

A big trio. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Will the {2-2-1-1} Pattern make an encore in Tuesday’s drawing, or does Mega Millions have another gift in mind?

Full Pattern Revolution

November 28th was the last Mega Millions drawing for the month. And wouldn’t you know it? The ever-so-lovable {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made an encore! Pattern streaks? Showing up on every Friday of the month? Those are well and good. But, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern outdid itself, adding “Finishing the month the way it started” to its list of accomplishments.

Now that we’re done gushing over this Pattern, let’s get to the analysis, shall we?

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 10, 17, 47, 51, 61, and MB 5, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 135th appearance.

November started, and ended, with a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 310 Mega Millions drawings, this Pattern has played 43.5% of the time.

Now with 36 appearances, the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order has played in roughly 26.7% of the 135 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. And, it has appeared in 11.6% of all 310 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, this General Order played November 10, 2017.

Making its seventh appearance was the 1 1 0 2 1 1 Specific Order. This has now played in 19.4% of the 36 drawings where the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 5.19% of the 135 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern appeared. Finally, when taking all 310 drawings into account, this Specific Order has played 2.26% of the time. We last saw the 1 1 0 2 1 1 Specific Order in the December 11, 2015 drawing. This was reconfigured from the 1 1 1 1 1 1 Specific Order seen that night.

Four Number Combination(s)

Of course, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern wasn’t going to settle for appearing in the first and last drawings of November. True to this Pattern’s fashion, it’s “Go big or go home.” There was in fact a repeating Four-Number Combination:

  • 47, 51, 61, MB 5
It’s like, snow in Florida. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Combination made its debut in the December 15, 2015 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

When a repeating Four-Number Combination surfaces in Mega Millions, that means four repeating Three-Number Combinations were nestled inside.

  • 51, 61, MB 5
  • 47, 61, MB 5
  • 47, 51, MB 5
  • 47, 51, 61
The natural fallout. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

As is the nature of these types of Three-Number Combinations, they made their debut alongside the Four-Number Combination mentioned in the previous section.

Will that winsome {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern be the one to start December?

Friday Belongs to {2-1-1-1-1}

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern likes to shake things up in Mega Millions. Its (in)famous Pattern streaks are part of how it became the most commonly seen Pattern. After the results of the November 24, 2017 drawing, we can now add Friday nights to the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern’s domain. This may be the first time in Lottery Binge’s history that we’ve covered a Pattern that has played on a certain day of the week.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 16, 36, 54, 61, 64, and MB 22, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has played 134 times.

A new domain for {2-1-1-1-1}. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has played in 43.4% of the 309 Mega Millions drawings under the 70-25 system. We last saw it in the November 17, 2017 drawing.

Making its 32nd appearance was the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order. This has now played in 23.9% of the 134 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. When looking at all 309 drawings, this General Order has played 10.4% of the time. The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order was seen alongside the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern in the November 17th drawing.

Now with four appearances, the 0 1 1 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 12.5% of the 32 drawings where the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order has appeared. It has now played in 2.99% of the 134 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 1.29% of all 309 drawings. This Specific Order was last seen in the February 28, 2017 drawing. We reconfigured this from the 0 1 2 1 1 1 Specific Order that was seen that night.

Three Number Combination(s)

Of course, a Friday night shake-up, a Black Friday shake-up at that, isn’t complete without a repeating Three-Number Combination. The Combination of the evening was 16, 54, and 61.

Alone at the bottom. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Combination debuted in the September 30, 2014 drawing.

Will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern be the one to start December?