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Have a Holly Jolly Mega Millions

The date: December 20, 2022. With only five days until Christmas, Mega Millions saw a big cool down. Got to rest up for the Christmas Eve Eve drawing, you know! That, and with a jackpot that crossed the $500 million threshold, $510 million to be exact, no extreme plays were necessary.

General Lottery Analysis

The only extreme play, if you could call it that, was the return of the {2-2-1-1} Pattern. With winning numbers 3, 4, 33, 36, 52 and MB 17, this Pattern has now played 233 times.

Chillin’ with an encore. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There have been 838 Mega Millions drawings, and the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has been featured 27.8% of the time. Recall that the {2-2-1-1} Pattern was last seen December 16, 2022.

The [2-2-1-1] General Order, now with 81 appearances, has played in 34.8% of the 233 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 838 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.67% of the time. November 25, 2022 was the last time the [2-2-1-1] General Order played.

Now with 10 appearances, the 2 0 2 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 12.3% of the 81 drawings where the General Order was [2-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.29% of the 233 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.19% of all 838 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the 2 0 2 1 0 1 Specific Order played October 7, 2022.

Three-Number Combinations

Repeating Three-Number Combination 4, 36 and 52 debuted June 19, 2015.

A repeating Three-Number Combination for a little extra oomph! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Mega Millions has, far and away, the largest jackpot of the Big Three. We’ll have to see if this lottery is in the giving spirit, or if it’ll keep the wealth to itself Friday night.

Mega Millions NOT Tender and Mild

A more festive mood is in the air this year. With most everyone going about shopping, eating out, and going to the movies, it seems that last Christmas and the one before are distant memories! There are two sides to this festive mood coin. As the humans went about their Christmas ways, little did they know about the hyperactive Mega Millions that schemed to make their dreams of becoming (near) overnight millionaires a nightmare.

December 16, 2022 was more of a mischief night for Mega Millions. The triple encore that was seen earlier in the week was unceremoniously ditched. This paid off handsomely, as the already beastly jackpot grew to an astonishing $465 million!

General Lottery Analysis

Instead of paling around with the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, or any of its crew, for the third time, Mega Millions opted for the {2-2-1-1} Pattern. Friday night’s winning numbers were 8, 35, 40, 53, 56 and MB 11, bringing the number of times this Pattern has played to 232.

No need for a three-peat to sew chaos! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com

This Pattern has now played in 27.7% of the 837 Mega Millions drawings and was last seen November 29, 2022.

The [1-2-2-1] General Order, now with 78 appearances, has played in 33.6% of the 78 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 837 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.32% of the time. The [1-2-2-1] General Order was last seen September 23, 2022.

Now with seven appearances, the 1 0 2 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 8.97% of the 78 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.02% of the 232 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.84% of all 837 drawings. Prior to Friday night, the  0 2 2 0 1 Specific Order played April 17, 2020.

Four-Number Combination

Why go for a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern three-peat when Mega Millions dazzled the crowd with a repeating Four-Number Combination?!

Copying from Powerball? Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Three-Number Combinations

Naturally, cutting a repeating Four-Number Combination open revealed four repeating Three-Number Combinations underneath:

  • 35, 40, 53
  • 35, 40, MB 11
  • 35, 53, MB 11
  • 40, 53, MB 11

The top three Combinations in the list debuted in the August 13th drawing mentioned earlier. The last Combination in the list debuted in the November 11, 2016 drawing.

Now, these weren’t the only Combinations! Repeating Three-Number Combination 53, 56 and MB 11 debuted December 31, 2019.

All those Combinations! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

What Christmas goodies will Mega Millions have in store for next week?

A Mega Millions Christmas Special: The Triple Encore

Specials are a staple of the holidays. From special deals on Amazon to watching Christmas specials, there’s just no escaping them. In fact, the Christmas season is a prime time for lotteries to offer specials of their own. And boy, did Mega Millions cook up something big!

Mega Millions has featured plenty of encores. No big deal, right? Well, what if we told you that the December 13, 2022 drawing featured three encores? The payoff was grand, as the special playback boosted the jackpot to $429 million.

General Lottery Analysis

These six numbers made the encore playback (or is it playback encore?) possible: 14, 22, 48, 58, 68 and MB 6. This brought the number of appearances for the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern to 356.

Pushing the jackpot ever higher. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There have now been 836 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 42.6% of the time.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 81 appearances, has played in 22.8% of the 356 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 836 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.69% of the time.

Now with 10 appearances, the 1 1 0 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 12.3% of the 81 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 2.81% of the 356 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.20% of all 836 drawings.

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, and the 1 1 0 1 2 1 Specific Order were all hanging out together in the December 9, 2022 drawing.  

Three-Number Combinations

What’s an encore playback without repeating Three-Number Combinations? Five of them were spotted Tuesday night:

Can’t let the encore have all the attention, can we? Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com

We’re getting closer to Christmas and the jackpot is still holding strong! Will the jackpot grow once more with the help of a playback three-peat Friday night?

Patterns and Orders of Christmases Past and Present

Seasons Greetings, Lotterytrend fans! Romulun Harris here! The Holiday Season continued on as Megamillions’ frequently played {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its appearance last night on December 9, 2022. And now, the details.

Six geese each laid an egg that represented a winning number. Those winning numbers were 8, 19, 53, 61, 69, and MB19. This resulted—as mentioned earlier—the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern making its 355th appearance.

Six Numbers A Laying. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has now played in 42.51% of all 835 Megamillions drawings and last played on December 2, 2022.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now in its 80th appearance, has played in 22.54% of all 355 drawings associated with the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern and 9.58% of all 835 Megamillions drawings. Like the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, this General Order last played on December 2, 2022.

With its 9th appearance, the 1 1 0 1 2 1 Specific Order has now played in 11.25% of all 80 drawings associated with the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order. This Specific Order has also played in 2.54% of all 355 drawings associated with the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern and 1.08% of all 835 Megamillions drawings. The 1 1 0 1 2 1 Specific Order last played on September 6, 2022. By coincidence, the Specific Order also played on New Year’s Day of 2021.

Three-Number Combination Repeat(s)

Only one Three-Number Combination Repeat made its appearance:

A Three-Number Combination Repeat in a Pear Tree. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com

Wow! Four events—half of them appearing this Holiday season and the other half at the beginning of the New Year of 2021. A night of coincidences indeed. And we can expect even more surprises as the Holiday Season goes on. This is Romulun Harris signing off. Stay safe!

The 4-1-1 on That Crazy Mega Millions Over There

No two Mega Millions drawings are alike, and there was no better example than what happened December 6, 2022. After taking a sabbatical from repeating Three-Number Combinations Friday night, a bunch of them decided to hitch a ride with an uncommonly seen Pattern! It’s thanks to that Pattern that the jackpot ascended to $379 million.

General Lottery Analysis

If the title didn’t give it away, it was the {4-1-1} Pattern that was featured Tuesday night. With winning numbers 15, 16, 19, 28, 47 and MB 13, this Pattern has played 19 times.

Shaking it up. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has now played in 2.28% of the 834 Mega Millions drawings.

The [4-1-1] General Order, now with 11 appearances, has played in 57.9% of the 19 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 834 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 1.32% of the time.

Both the {4-1-1} Pattern and the [4-1-1] General Order were last seen October 11, 2022.

Now with three appearances, the 0 4 0 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 27.3% of the 11 drawings where the General Order was [4-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 15.8% of the 19 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.36% of all 834 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the 0 4 0 1 0 1 Specific Order played September 4, 2020.

Three-Number Combinations

If you were missing repeating Three-Number Combinations (they were only gone for one night, but you do you), then Tuesday night was full of them. Five, in fact!

No repeating Four-Number Combination required! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Will the {4-1-1} Pattern return Friday night, or will another Pattern catch Mega Millions’ eye?

Mega Millions at Peace

Can you believe that 2022 is almost over? Seems like yesterday that the year had started, and now, we’re in the throes of another Christmas season! As busy as it is, and as busy as it can get, it doesn’t do us any good to tire ourselves out. Sometimes, it’s good to just take a breather, and Mega Millions did just that.

After a wild Black Friday and an even wilder Tuesday, Mega Millions thought this past Friday night would be a good time to rest. Christmas is still a few weeks away and besides, the jackpot had yet to be brought down. Growing the prize to $354 million was plenty excitement.

General Lottery Analysis

The winning numbers for December 2, 2022 were 1, 21, 36, 46, 52 and MB 16, bringing the number of appearances of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern to 354.

Nothing flashy this Friday night. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There have now been 833 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 42.5% of the time. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern was last seen November 18, 2022.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 79 appearances, has played in 22.3% of the 354 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 833 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.48% of the time. September 13, 2022 was the last time the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order played.

Now with 18 appearances, the 1 1 1 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 22.8% of the 79 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.08% of the 354 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.16% of all 833 drawings. Prior to Friday night, the 1 1 1 2 0 1 Specific Order played March 29, 2022.

Three-Number Combinations

Part of taking a breather meant no repeating Three-Number Combinations.

Given the behemoth of a jackpot currently roosting in Mega Millions, is this lottery resting up for a big blowout come Christmas?

Mega Millions: Infected

Some…interesting things happened in the lottery world this month. By interesting, we mean “Powerball fell in love with repeating Four-Number Combinations”. From that, we got the fallout Three-Number Combinations and then some. Come the night of November 29, 2022, Mega Millions caught the bug. As this lottery contended with a repeating Four-Number Combination, the jackpot climbed to $333 million.

General Lottery Analysis

The jackpot’s massiveness and the madness of a repeating Four-Number Combination was thanks to a {2-2-1-1} Pattern encore. Tuesday night’s numbers were 20, 23, 37, 46, 52 and MB 6, bringing the number of appearances for this Pattern to 231.

Fueling the madness. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There have now been 832 Mega Millions drawings, and the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has played 27.8% of the time. Recall that this Pattern played recently in the November 25, 2022 drawing.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 74 appearances, has played in 32% of the 231 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 832 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 8.89% of the time. September 27, 2022 was the last time the [2-1-2-1] General Order played.

Now with six appearances, the 0 2 1 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 8.11% of the 74 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 2.60% of the 231 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.72% of all 832 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the 0 2 1 2 0 1 Specific Order played September 20, 2019.

Four-Number Combination

The repeating Four-Number Combination of the evening was 20, 37, 52 and MB 6. This Combination debuted March 5, 2019.

A repeating Four-Number Combo spotted! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Three-Number Combinations

Naturally, scratching a repeating Four-Number Combination caused four repeating Three-Number Combinations rolled out:

  • 37, 52, MB 6 (Debuted June 14, 2016; previously played March 5, 2019)
  • 20, 52, MB 6 (Debuted January 29, 2016; previously played March 5, 2019)
  • 20, 37, MB 6 (Debuted March 5, 2019)
  • 20, 37, 52 (Debuted March 5, 2019)
The natural outcome. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Will Mega Millions roll into December with an even larger jackpot and another repeating Four-Number Combination?

Black Friday 2022’s Combination Special

Can you believe it? Christmas is right around the corner! Seems like yesterday that people went Black Friday shopping, feasted on leftovers, and Mega Millions held a drawing.

Oh, wait. It was yesterday, and Mega Millions feasted on repeating Three-Number Combinations. Meanwhile, the jackpot ballooned to $308 million.

General Lottery Analysis

November 25, 2022 was the night for the {2-2-1-1} Pattern. With winning numbers 29, 31, 46, 54, 67 and MB 18, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 230th appearance.

Still the one with the largest prize! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has now played in 27.7% of the 831 Mega Millions drawings.

The [2-2-1-1] General Order, now with 80 appearances, has played in 34.8% of the 230 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 831 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.63% of the time.

Both the {2-2-1-1} Pattern and the [2-2-1-1] General Order played November 8, 2022.

Now with six appearances, the 0 0 2 2 1 1 Specific Order has played in 7.5% of the 80 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This Specific Order has also played in 2.61% of the 230 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.72% of all 831 drawings. Prior to Friday night, the 0 0 2 2 1 1 Specific Order played October 21, 2022.

Three-Number Combinations

Four repeating Three-Number Combinations were front and center:

Boosted by repeating Three-Number Combinations. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

With a beast of a jackpot and the momentum of repeating Three-Number Combinations, Mega Millions is heading into the Christmas season full speed ahead! How long will the jackpot growth and the repeating Combination feast continue?

Mega Millions’ Pre-Thanksgiving Tale

Two days before Thanksgiving and all through the land

Many had dinners still needing to be planned.

As the people went to and fro

Mega Millions saw another opportunity to grow!

The jackpot is huge, none could compare,

At $284 million, there still was a chance to become a millionaire.

General Lottery Analysis

November 22, 2022 made for the {3-1-1-1} Pattern making its 157th appearance with winning numbers 13, 23, 24, 25, 43 and MB 2.

Mega Million trotted out these six numbers. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has now played in 18.9% of the 830 Mega Millions drawings.

The [1-3-1-1] General Order, now with 51 appearances, has played in 32.5% of the 157 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 830 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 6.14% of the time.

Both the {3-1-1-1} Pattern and the [1-3-1-1] General Order were last seen September 16, 2022.

Now with four appearances, the 1 3 0 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 7.84% of the 51 drawings where the General Order was [1-3-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 2.55% of the 157 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.48% of all 830 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the 1 3 0 1 0 1 Specific Order played January 19, 2021.

Three-Number Combinations

A quartet of repeating Three-Number Combinations made their presence known:

All boxed in. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

What does Friday night have in store?

Will the Mega Millions jackpot rise a little more?

A Searing Hot Three-peat

Summer is a distant memory, and winter has decided to pay an early visit. Like Mother Nature, Mega Millions continues with its routine, caring not what mere mortals think. Given how cold it’s been lately, this lottery thought, “Let’s heat things up a bit”. A closer look at the November 18, 2022 results shows that “a bit” is an understatement!

Mega Millions continued to hold the title of “Largest Jackpot”. A Pattern three-peat made the jump to $259 million possible.

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern is the most played Pattern in Mega Millions, in part due to the occasional three-peat! With winning numbers 2, 14, 16, 38, 66 and MB 9, this Pattern has now played 353 times.

In love with the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There have now been 829 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 42.6% of the time. November 15, 2022 was the last time the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern played.

The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 87 appearances, has played in 24.6% of the 353 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 829 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.5% of the time.

Now with 13 appearances, the 2 1 1 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 14.9% of the 87 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.68% of the 353 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.57% of all 829 drawings.

Prior to Friday night, both the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order and the 2 1 1 0 1 1 Specific Order played November 11, 2022.

Three-Number Combinations

As if a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern three-peat were all that happened Friday night! A trio of repeating Three-Number Combinations also made a scene:

What’s a three-peat without a trio of repeating Three-Number Combos? Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern trot onto the lottery scene once again Tuesday night?