Easter has come and gone, and the Mega Millions jackpot grew
once again. The jackpot eluded capture in the April 23rd, 2019
drawing. The fallout was a prize now standing at $212 million.
How’d Mega Millions get away? By exchanging the opportunity
for a {2-2-1-1} three-peat with a hopping mad Australia Play, of course!
General Lottery
Analysis
With winning numbers 7, 24, 30, 48, 67, and MB 9, Mega
Millions saw its twelfth Australia Play.
Hopping along into another Australia Play. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.
Of the 456 Mega Millions drawings, that means the {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and 1 1 1 1 1 1 Specific Order have played 2.63% of the time. It wasn’t that long ago when we last saw an Australia Play. In fact, it was just two weeks ago in the April 9th, 2019 drawing.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
An Australia Play was mad enough, it seems. There were no
repeating Three-Number Combinations.
April is just about over, and Mega Millions has a couple
more opportunities for tricks before heading into May. The weekend will most
certainly kick off with a crazy-large jackpot, or something close to it.
Question is, will the Australia Play make an encore or will a more common
Pattern appear?
With it being a holiday weekend and all, it’s fitting that things slowed down considerably April 20th. Earlier in the week, we were met with a surprise visit from an exact spread in Lotto Texas. In fact, it was the first time our blog covered such an event!
Other than the Pattern streak underway
in Powerball, Saturday night was the quietest we’ve seen in a while. With no
grand prize winners, $5.5 million and $150 million will be up for grabs
Wednesday in Lotto Texas and Powerball, respectively.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The {4-1-1}
Pattern made its 178th appearance with winning numbers 7, 25, 28, 32,
34, and 44.
Keeping it cool. Source: lotterytrend.com
Of the 1648 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has played 10.8% of the time and was last seen March 2nd, 2019.
Now with 59 appearances, the 1 4 1 Specific Order has played in 33.1% of the 178 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 3.58% of all 1648 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 4 1 Specific Order played July 11th, 2018.
Four-Number Combination(s)
To
commemorate the holiday weekend, there were no repeating Four-Number Combinations.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The
{2-1-1-1-1} Pattern train kept chugging along. With winning numbers 3, 27, 30,
63, 65, and PB 1, this Pattern played for the fifth time in a row!
The Pattern streak continues! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
This Pattern, with 136 appearances, has played in 36.8% of the 370 Powerball drawings. We last saw the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern in the April 17th, 2019 drawing.
The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 39 appearances, has played in 28.7% of the 136 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 10.5% of all 370 drawings. The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order previously played April 6th, 2019.
Now with eleven appearances, the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 28.2% of the 39 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 8.09% of the 136 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.97% of all 370 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order played September 29th, 2018.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
No repeating Three-Number Combinations to be had in Powerball.
Will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern streak hold strong Wednesday
night? Could the {4-1-1} in Lotto Texas make an encore?
April 19, 2019 marked two important holidays: Good Friday and the beginning of Passover. Given the magnitude of both these holidays and the magnitude of what happened earlier this week, it’s fitting that Mega Millions continued the trend established this past Tuesday. For starters, the grand prize rose once more and now stands at $192 million.
There was also a Pattern encore.
General Lottery
Analysis
The {2-2-1-1} Pattern was liked so much that it came back
for another appearance! With winning numbers 18, 25, 43, 44, 57, and MB 25,
this Pattern played for the 129th time.
Some things bear repeating. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.
The [2-2-1-1] General Order, now with 42 appearances, has played in 32.6% of the 129 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 455 drawings are taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.23% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the [2-2-1-1] General Order played March 5, 2019.
Now with two appearances, the 0 2 0 2 1 1 Specific Order has played in 4.76% of the 42 drawings where the General Order was [2-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 1.55% of the 129 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.43% of all 455 drawings. The 0 2 0 2 1 1 Specific Order made its first appearance December 15, 2015.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
Another trait from Tuesday night was the lack of repeating
Three-Number Combinations.
Two things to look out for next week will be the jackpot and
the {2-2-1-1} Pattern. This Pattern has been known to make three-peats and Mega
Millions gets the itch for crazy-large jackpots from time to time. Will the
three-peat happen, and will the jackpot continue to rise?
Lottery Binge has been gracing the Internet for
almost three years. We’ve covered playbacks, Pattern streaks, monster-sized
jackpots, similar spreads, and so much more. You can rarely go wrong
expecting at least one of the lotteries to see a rise in their jackpots. For
instance, Lotto Texas and Powerball will be going into Saturday night with
$5.25 million and $136 million, respectively. There just isn’t anything new to
cover. Just variations of what we’ve seen before, right?
Wrong!
April 17, 2019 was a night like no other. For the first time ever, we’re covering a little something called
THE EXACT SPREAD!
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The {4-2}
Pattern made its 178th appearance with winning numbers 7, 8, 15, 17,
29, and 30.
There’s always more to the numbers. Source: lotterytrend.com.
Of the 1647 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has played 10.8% of the time, and was last seen March 13, 2019.
Now with 38 appearances, the 4 2 0 Specific Order has played in 21.3% of the 178 drawings where {4-2} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1647 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 2.31% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 4 2 0 Specific Order played March 9, 2019.
Exact Spread
It was Lotto
Texas. Yes, the (often) reserved Lotto Texas that saw the exact spread.
Now, you’ve
all heard of the similar spread. For those who haven’t, or need a refresher, a similar
spread is what happens when the difference between the numbers in two
drawings are the same, but orders of said numbers are different. With an exact
spread, both the differences between the numbers in two drawings and
the orders of said numbers are the same!
Wednesday
night’s numbers had a spread of 01:07:02:12:01.
On April 21, 2012, the winning numbers were 23, 24, 31, 33, 45, and 46. The spread that night was 01:07:02:12:01. To think that it was almost seven years ago!
Four-Number Combination(s)
There were
also two repeating Four-Number Combinations:
7, 17, 29, 30 (Debuted November 12, 2011)
7, 15, 17, 29 (Debuted April 16, 2014)
The added cherry on top. Source: lotterytrend.com.
Lotto Texas
may never see its jackpot rise to the heights seen in Powerball, but it more
than makes up for it with its own wild plays. Speaking of Powerball, a Pattern
streak is under way.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
With winning
numbers 1, 15, 17, 46, 66, and PB 15, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern went on to make
its fourth consecutive appearance.
A Pattern streak in motion. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
Given the 369
Powerball drawings so far, this Pattern has played 36.6% of the time.
The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order appeared to be
in the early stages of streak! With its three-peat, this General Order has now
played 37 times. Of the 135 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern,
this General Order has played 27.4% of the time and in roughly 10% of all 369
drawings.
Now with seven appearances, the 1 2 0 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 18.9% of the 37 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.19% of the 135 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in roughly 1.90% of all 369 drawings. We last saw the 1 2 0 1 1 1 Specific Order February 2, 2019.
Imagine if Powerball had seen a playback! It seems the
lottery gods thought that would’ve been too much for mere mortals.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
Of course, who needs a playback when there’s at least one repeating Three-Number Combination, right? The lone Combination, 15, 66, and PB 15, made its debut August 26, 2017.
Shoring up the rear. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com
A holiday weekend is coming up, so it’s possible that
Powerball’s Pattern streak may hold. Of course, it could also slip away. Still,
there are decent-sized jackpots up for grabs Saturday night.
(C’mon. You wouldn’t turn your nose up at $5.25 million!)
Will Saturday night be hopping mad, or will everything stew
in silence?
After the appearance of a repeating Four-Number (yes, Four-Number!) Combination this past Friday night, Mega Millions had two choices April 16th:
Try to outdo the insanity
Slip into a more “normal” routine
Mega Millions decided to grab a little from Column A and a
little from Column B. Mild spoiler: There wasn’t another repeating Four-Number
Combination. Compared to what we’ve seen in Mega Millions so far this month,
Tuesday night was “ho-hum”. And yet, the aftermath of said ho-hum night is why
$175 million is up for grabs this Friday. A Good Friday indeed!
General Lottery
Analysis
With winning numbers 11, 29, 34, 48, 54, and MB 10, the
{2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 128th appearance.
Stepping back a bit. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.
The [1-2-2-1] General Order, now with 43 appearances, has played in 33.6% of the 128 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 454 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.47% of the time. We last saw the [1-2-2-1] General Order February 5th, 2019.
Now with five appearances, the 1 0 2 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 11.6% of the 43 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.91% of the 128 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.10% of all 454 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the 1 0 2 2 0 1 Specific Order played August 17th, 2018.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
Not only was there no repeating Four-Number Combinations,
Three-Number Combinations were nowhere to be found.
What’s certain as we head into Easter weekend is that a
large jackpot is up for grabs. As to whether the {2-2-1-1} Pattern makes an
encore will remain to be seen. Question is, will the prize be snagged or will
it hop away?
Of the many lottery-related phenomena
covered in Lottery Binge, the playback is quite the character. It shows up
when the Pattern, General Order (not applicable to Lotto Texas), and Specific
Order all played together on a previous date. The obvious one is the Australia
Play, where the Pattern, General Order (again, not applicable to Lotto Texas),
and Specific Order were the same, like the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific
Order in Lotto Texas. What about the playbacks that aren’t so obvious?
All this week, there have been several posts on the playback. At leastone was seen in Mega Millions recently and our last Lotto Texas post covered an Australia Play. The playback seen on April 13, 2019 brought one Lotto Texas winner $15.75 million. This knocked the prize down to $5 million going into Wednesday.
Powerball’s jackpot, meanwhile, rose
quietly to $118 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
With winning
numbers 1, 4, 10, 14, 15, and 26, the {5-1} Pattern made its 60th
appearance.
A rare Pattern packs a big punch! Source: lotterytrend.com.
Given the
1646 Lotto Texas drawings to date, this uncommonly seen Pattern has played
3.65% of the time.
Now with ten
appearances, the 5 1 0
Specific Order has played in roughly 16.667% of the 60 drawings where {5-1} was
the winning Pattern. Once all 1646 drawings have been taken into consideration,
this Specific Order has played 0.61% of the time.
The lone repeating Four-Number Combination, 1, 10, 14, and 15, debuted in the September 5, 2001 drawing.
An uncommon Pattern came with company. Source: lotterytrend.com.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Alright,
Powerball wasn’t entirely
quiet. As a playback happened in Lotto Texas, there were rumblings of a Pattern
streak. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern went for the three-peat with winning numbers 4,
17, 26, 32, 49, and PB 10, bringing its number of appearances up to 134.
A Pattern streak in the works? Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
Of the 368 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played 36.4%
of the time.
Not only did the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern make a third
consecutive appearance, the [1-2-1-1-1]
made an encore as well! With its 36th appearance, this General Order
has played in 26.9% of the 134 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning
Pattern and in 9.78% of all 368 drawings.
Now with four appearances, the 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 11.1% of the 36 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 2.99% of the 134 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.09% of all 368 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order played August 5, 2017.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
Along for the ride were two repeating Three-Number
Combinations:
There don’t appear to be any “monstrous” jackpots going into
next week. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern in Powerball is just as fond of Pattern
streaks as the one in “sister” Mega Millions, so it’s something to keep an eye
for. Will that Pattern streak solidify Wednesday night, or will another Pattern
take the reins?
What can be said about our dear friend the {2-1-1-1-1}
Pattern? Sure, it’s the most commonly seen Pattern in Mega Millions, but what
else? Well, for one, it gets a kick out of keeping everyone on their heels. If
it’s not a Pattern streak, then it’s something else.
April 12th was something else, alright. What
transpired Friday night led to the grand prize rising to $157 million. The
events were so awe-inducing that an introduction can’t do them justice! You’ll
need to keep reading.
General Lottery
Analysis
With winning numbers 1, 24, 25, 40, 70, and MB 4, the
{2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 199th appearance.
Setting Mega MIllions on fire. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.
The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order, now with 47 appearances, has played in 23.6% of the 199 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 453 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.4% of the time.
Now with six appearances, the 1 2 1 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 12.8% of the 47 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.02% of the 199 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.32% of all 453 drawings.
We’ve saved the best for last. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, and 1 2 1 0 1 1 Specific Order were all seen together April 5, 2019. Only a week had passed and already there was a playback!
Four-Number
Combination
The heat turned up even more with a repeating Four-Number
Combination: 24, 25, 40, and 70!
Your eyes aren’t playing tricks. That really IS a repeating Four-Number Combo! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.
This Combination debuted January 3, 2014. Keep in mind that Four-Number Combinations are very uncommon in Mega Millions.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
Naturally, a repeating Four-Number Combination has four
repeating Three-Number Combinations bundled inside.
24, 25, 40
24, 25, 70
24, 40, 70
25, 40, 70
All of them debuted in that same January 3, 2014 drawing. As a bonus, 24, 25 and 40 were last seen a few months later in the September 23, 2014 drawing.
These weren’t the only repeating Three-Number Combinations!
Bunches of repeating Three-Number Combinations. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.
Given the 199 appearances of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, what
happened on Friday night wouldn’t have been out of place for a “200 Appearances
Bash”. As it is, that ever-eager Pattern wanted to celebrate early, or so it
seems. Will someone have an early Easter present in the form of a $157 million prize
Tuesday night, or will it slip from the players’ grasp?
Leftovers don’t
have to be cold and tasteless. Sometimes when they’re reheated and a little
extra kick is added, they taste even better!
April 10, 2018 was a night much like this past Saturday’s. For one, the prizes for Lotto Texas and Powerball rose once more, now at $15.75 million and $101 million, respectively. Not only that, but both Patterns made an encore and one was part of a playback package!
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
With winning
numbers 10, 15, 23, 28, 42, and 43, there have now been 228 Australia Plays in Lotto
Texas.
Lotto Texas and the Australia Play Encore! Source: lotterytrend.com
Of the 1645 drawings to date, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order have played 13.9% of the time. Last we saw an Australia Play (The Ultimate Playback), it was April 6, 2019.
Four-Number Combinations
What’s an
Australia Play encore without a repeating Four-Number Combination? The lone
repeating Four-Number Combination was 10, 23, 28, and 42.
A lone but solid repeater. Source: lotterytrend.com.
This Combination made its debut August 16, 2008.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Another repeater from April 6, 2019 was the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern! The 133rd appearance of this Pattern was thanks to winning numbers 12, 21, 23, 39, 67, and PB 6.
More fun with repeats! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
This Pattern has
played in 36.2% of the 367 Powerball drawings.
The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order, now with 35 appearances, has played in 26.3% of the 133 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 367 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.54% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order played February 27, 2019.
Now with six appearances, the 1 2 1 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 17.1% of the 35 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.51% of the 133 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.63% of all 367 drawings. We last saw the 1 2 1 0 1 1 Specific Order October 10, 2018.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
There were two repeating Three-Number Combinations:
Spring is in full swing and summer is right around the corner
here in Lottery Trend Country. Naturally, things heated up for Mega Millions
April 9th. Thinking it could avoid the pressures of high
expectations, it jaunted off to the wondrous world of the Australia Play! Tuesday
night saw this lottery deliver a powerful kick. Part of the aftermath was a
$140 million grand prize for Friday. The rest, well, a blog post introduction
isn’t enough to do it justice.
General Lottery
Analysis
With winning numbers 11, 22, 34, 44, 58 and MB 9, the 11th
Australia Play was made possible.
Hopping mad with numbers. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.
Like a strange game of hopscotch. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.
The Australia Play isn’t that common, let alone in Mega
Millions, so a Friday night encore isn’t likely. This lottery loves repeating Three-Number Combinations,
though, so whether there’s a parade of them remains to be seen. Inquiring minds
want to know: Will the jackpot in Mega Millions continue to climb?
If there’s
one sage piece of our childhoods we should remember, it’s “Never judge a book by
its cover.” Lotto Texas and Powerball are as opposite as you can get with
lotteries. One is more inclined to have monster jackpots while the other takes
a more “respectable” approach to the madness. Lotto Texas leapt upwards to $15
million and Powerball climbed to $84 million.
Our analysis
showed that April 6th was a night that the lotteries had something else in common.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
With winning
numbers 1, 8, 20, 35, 51, and 52, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific
Order made their 227th appearance!
Bounding into the weekend. Source: lotterytrend.com.
Of the 1644 Lotto Texas drawings so far, the Australia Play has occurred 13.8% of the time. We last saw one in the March 27th, 2019 drawing.
Four-Number Combinations
Alongside the
Australia Play was lone repeating Four-Number Combination 8, 20, 51, and 52.
Repeating Four-Number Combo: trusty companion to the Australia Play! Source: lotterytrend.com.
The {2-1-1-1-1}
Pattern made its 132nd appearance with winning numbers 15, 33, 43,
59, 60, and PB 8.
There’s something more to this Pattern. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
Given that there have been 366 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played 36.1% of the time. Like our dear Australia Play in Lotto Texas, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern was last seen March 27th, 2019.
The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 38 appearances, has played in roughly 28.8% of the 132 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 10.4% of all 366 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order played January 12th, 2019.
Now with nine appearances, the 0 1 1 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 23.7% of the 38 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in roughly 6.82% of the 132 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 366 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 2.46% of the time. We last saw the 0 1 1 1 2 1 Specific Order in the August 29th, 2018 drawing.
Three-Number
Combination(s)
There were two repeating Three-Number Combinations:
A dynamic duo. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.
Both lotteries appear to be bounding along to large
jackpots. Going into Wednesday’s drawing, we’ll need to keep an eye out for a
{2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore or at least one of those prizes growing once again. Could
the Pattern playdates be joined at the hip once more?
