Lottery Binge

Summer vacation’s just about over in our part of Lottery Trend Country. What better way to say “Sayonara” to summer than hitting a milestone? The night of August 18^th was the 400^th Mega Millions drawing. To be more specific, it was the 400^th drawing with number balls 1 through 75, and Mega Balls (MBs) 1 through 15. Although we didn’t see a Pattern encore, there was a repeating Three-Number Combination.

Friday’s winning numbers were 1, 31, 34, 40, 75, and MB 6, bringing the number of appearances of the {3-1-1-1} Pattern to 65.

This Pattern has now played in 16.25% of the 400 Mega Millions drawings, and was last seen exactly one week prior in the August 11^th drawing.

The [1-3-1-1] General Order made its 19^th appearance. As of Friday night, this General Order has played in 29.2% of the 65 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 4.75% of all 400 drawings. This Specific Order previously played in the May 12^th, 2017 drawing.

Now with four appearances, the 1 0 3 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 21.1% of the 19 drawings where the [1-3-1-1] General Order has appeared, and in 6.15% of the 65 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern as appeared. This Specific Order has now played in one percent of all 400 drawings. Prior to Friday night, this Specific Order was last seen in the September 9^th, 2016 drawing.

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination was 1, 34, and MB 6.

This Combination made its debut in the March 1^st, 2016 drawing.

Will the {3-1-1-1} Pattern make an encore appearance to kick off the school year?

Tuesday night was a scorcher. Although the {3-1-1-1} Pattern didn’t make an encore appearance, Mega Millions did not disappoint. The Pattern, General Order, and Specific Order all played together before. What’s more is that there were three repeating Three-Number Combinations. When was that special date? Let’s find out.

The winning numbers in the August 15^th drawing were 7, 16, 20, 66, 73, and MB 7. This marked the 119^th appearance of the {2-2-1-1} Pattern.

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern has now played in 29.8% of the 399 drawings.

Making its 35^th appearance, the [1-2-2-1] General Order has played in 29.4% of the 119 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has appeared. This General Order has also played in 8.77% of all 399 drawings.

You’re probably asking, “How come you haven’t mentioned dates!?” Don’t worry. We’re getting to it.

Now with six appearances, the 1 2 0 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 17.1% of the 35 drawings where the [1-2-2-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 5.04% of the 119 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in approximately 1.50% of all 399 drawings.

And now it’s time for the big reveal. The Pattern, General Order, and Specific Order were all last seen together almost two weeks ago. To be more specific, it was the August 4^th drawing.

Our Mega Millions coverage concludes with the following repeating Three-Number Combinations:

• 20, 73, MB 7 (Debuted August 1^st, 2017)
• 20, 66, MB 7 (Debuted May 13^th, 2016)
• 7, 20, MB 7 (Debuted September 5^th, 2014)

With summer starting to wind down, what will Mega Millions have in store Friday night? Will the {2-2-1-1} Pattern make an encore appearance?

After a month, heck, a whole summer’s worth of streaks for the {2-1-1-1-1} and {2-2-1-1} Patterns, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made itself known in the August 11, 2017 drawing. Believe it or not, it was this very Pattern that broke up the streak madness last time. On Friday night, it made someone in Illinois wealthier.

Friday’s winning numbers were 23, 33, 53, 56, 58, and MB 6, bringing the total number of appearances of the {3-1-1-1} Pattern to 64.

This Pattern has now played in 16.1% of the 398 Mega Millions drawing. Prior to Friday night, we last saw this Pattern in the July 7, 2017 drawing.

Now with 24 appearances, the [1-1-3-1] General Order has played in 37.5% of the 64 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 6.03% of all 398 drawings. This General Order previously played in the June 13, 2017 drawing.

Making its seventh appearance, the 0 1 1 3 0 1 Specific Order has now played in 29.2% of the 24 drawings where the [1-1-3-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in approximately 10.9% of the 64 drawings where the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 1.76% of all 398 drawings. We last saw the 0 1 1 3 0 1 Specific Order earlier in the year. To be precise, it was in the January 17, 2017 drawing.

Friday night also featured two repeating Three-Number Combinations:

• 23, 33, 53 (Debuted May 5, 2017)
• 23, 53, 58 (Debuted December 24, 2013)

We’re nearly halfway through August and back-to-school is in full swing in many parts of Lottery Trend Country. Will the {3-1-1-1} Pattern make an encore appearance in Tuesday’s drawing?

Mega Millions is in the grip of yet another Pattern streak! The {2-2-1-1} Pattern played for the fourth time in a row Friday night. Accompanying this Pattern were two repeating Three-Number Combinations.

The winning numbers for August 4^th were 9, 17, 25, 63, 71, and MB 4, bringing the number of appearances of the {2-2-1-1} Pattern to 118.

This Pattern has played in 29.8% of the 396 Mega Millions drawings. Recall that this Pattern was last seen in this past Tuesday’s drawing.

Making its 34^th appearance, the [1-2-2-1] General Order has played in 28.8% of the 118 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has appeared, as well as 8.59% of all 396 drawings. Prior to Friday night, this General Order was last seen in the June 9^th, 2017 drawing.

With five appearances, the 1 2 0 0 2 1 Specific Order has appeared in 14.7% of the 34 drawings where the [1-2-2-1] General Order has appeared, and in 4.24% of the 118 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has appeared. This Specific Order has played in 1.26% of all 396 drawings. This Specific Order was last seen in the October 18^th, 2016 drawing.

The repeating Three-Number Combinations of the evening were

• 9, 17, 71 (Debuted November 15^th, 2016)
• 17, 71, MB 4 (Debuted November 10^th, 2015)

Looking ahead to next week, will the {2-2-1-1} Pattern go for a record of its own, or will another Pattern smash the streak?