Before we begin today’s post, we here at Lottery Binge would like to take a moment to say farewell to Stephen Hawking. Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, or lack thereof, his contributions to the world of theoretical physics have greatly improved our understanding of our universe. Interestingly, his passing was on the birth date of another intellectual giant. 

Spring Break is almost over, and what with St. Patrick’s Day being this weekend, you’d think Mega Millions would start things off with a bang. Turns out that that wasn’t in the cards. There was no grandstanding in the March 16^th drawing. With St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Saturday this year, perhaps it’ll be “sisters” Lotto Texas and Powerball who run with the blowout baton.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 1, 13, 26, 33, 52, and MB 11, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has played 148 times.

As of the 341^st Mega Millions drawing, this Pattern has played in 43.4% of them, and remains the most commonly seen Pattern. Prior to Friday night, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern played in the March 9, 2018 drawing.

The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 43 appearances, has played in 29.1% of the 148 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 12.6% of all 341 drawings. We last saw the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order on January 16, 2018.

Now with six appearances, the 2 1 1 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in about 14% of the 43 drawings where [2-1-1-1-1] was the General Order. We’ve also seen this Specific Order in 4.05% of the 148 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 341 drawings, this Specific Order has played 1.76% of the time. The 2 1 1 1 0 1 Specific Order was last seen in the January 20, 2017 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination was 1, 26, MB 11.

This Combination made its debut in the January 17, 2014 drawing.

With spring officially starting next week, will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern make an encore in Tuesday’s drawing?

This weekend is going to be a big one! Spring Break is (technically) here for students in the Houston area. As to why Spring Break is in the middle of March instead of around Easter? It’s like trying to find the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop.

In the world of college sports, the selection process for the NCAA men’s basketball teams is Sunday, with the women’s selection on Monday. Of course, to get to the weekend, we must get through Friday night first.

A three-peat for the {2-2-1-1} Pattern wasn’t in the cards on March 9^th drawing. The King of Mega Millions Patterns kicked off the weekend instead.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 7, 17, 18, 46, 66, and MB 22, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has now played 147 times.

Given that there have been 339 Mega Millions drawings so far, this Pattern has played 43.7% of the time. We last saw this Pattern in the February 27^th, 2018 drawing.

The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order, now with 33 appearances, has played in 22.2% of the 147 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When looking at all 339 drawings, this General Order has played 9.73% of the time. The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order accompanied the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern in the earlier-mentioned February 27^th drawing.

Now with nine appearances, the 1 2 0 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 27.3% of the 33 drawings where [1-2-1-1-1] was the General Order. This Specific Order has also played in 6.12% of the 147 drawings where the winning Pattern was {2-1-1-1-1}, and 2.65% of all 339 drawings. Prior to Friday night, the 1 2 0 1 1 1 Specific Order previously played in the February 6^th, 2018 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

What with March Madness right around the corner, it wouldn’t just be enough for the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern to appear, would it? There were two repeating Three-Number Combinations, one of which has played twice before!

• 17, 18, 46 (Debuted January 12^th, 2018)
• 7, 46, 66 (Debuted August 23^rd, 2016, and was last seen October 28^th, 2016)

With March Madness officially starting on March 13^th (on a Tuesday, no less), will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern make an encore?

Maybe it’s a good thing that February is the shortest month of the year. It means that the wait for the seasons to change doesn’t seem as long, or at least that’s the hope! Mega Millions said “Farewell” to February with an interesting play February 27^th. On the surface, it may not have been much. But, we here at Lottery Binge know better than to take things at face value.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 10, 17, 21, 38, 43, and MB 23, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 146^th appearance, its first since February 16, 2018.

Given there have been 336 drawings, this Pattern has played 43.5% of the time.

With 32 appearances, the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order has played in 21.9% of the 146 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This statistic becomes 9.52% when looking at all 336 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, this General Order played on February 6, 2018.

Now with eight appearances, the 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order played in 25% of the 32 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.48% of the 146 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 336 drawings, this Specific Order has played 2.38% of the time. We last saw the 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order in the January 26, 2018 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 10, 38, 43.

There’s a bit more to this Combination. For one, it made its debut in the January 26, 2018 drawing. No big deal, right? Well, if you glance up at the previous section, January 26^th was when we last saw the 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order. The winning numbers were close, too. Don’t believe us? Check out that link again.

Will March start off with something wild, or will it be calm?