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Mega Millions and the World Series Cooldown

For all of you who are fans of Major League Baseball (MLB), Tuesday was Game 1 of the World Series. For those of you who happen to play Mega Millions, it was a more relaxed atmosphere, at least compared to the last four drawings. No rare Patterns, no repeating Three-Number Combinations, not even an Australia Play to be had. Whether this was so the Indians’ victory over the Cubs wouldn’t be overshadowed, we can’t say.

What we can say with confidence is that the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made an encore appearance in the October 25^th drawing. This was made possible by winning numbers 8, 9, 24, 49, 67, and MB 13.

Winning Mega Millions numbers from lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

With 126 appearances, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has an iron grip on the title of Most Commonly Played Pattern. Out of the 315 Mega Millions drawings thus far, this Pattern has played 40% of the time. Recall (or if you just don’t feel like clicking that link) that the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern previously played in this past Friday’s drawing.

We’ll need to go back to the September 13, 2016 drawing to see when the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order previously played. As of Tuesday, this General Order has now appeared in 32 drawings. Out of the 126 drawings with {2-1-1-1-1} as the winning Pattern, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order has played 25.4% of the time. Taking all 315 drawings into account, this becomes 10.2%.

No mellow night is complete without a rundown of the Specific Order! The 2 1 0 1 1 1 Specific Order made its 9^th appearance, its first since July 12, 2016. In the 32 drawings where [2-1-1-1-1] appeared, this Specific Order has played 28.125% of the time. When we look at the 126 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern won, this becomes 7.14%. Finally, when taking all 315 drawings into account, the 2 1 0 1 1 1 Specific Order has played approximately 2.86% of the time.

As the World Series continues onward and everyone scrambles to get ready for Halloween, there’s one important question. Will Mega Millions lay low, or will it attempt to upstage the World Series?

Saturday Night Gems

The night of October 22^nd was full of joy and sorrow in Lottery Trend Country. For starters, SMU beat UH like it stole something. After this ritualistic beat-down had taken place, Lotto Texas saw a Pattern that hadn’t played since this summer, and Powerball saw the debut of a Specific Order. Also on the Powerball side of things was a disturbance in the Pattern force.

Lotto Texas

The {3-3} Pattern made its first appearance since the August 16^th drawing. The numbers that made it all possible were 2, 5, 14, 25, 26, and 30.

Winning Texas Lotto numbers from lotterytrend.com.

Now having played 116 times, and with 1388 Lotto Texas drawings to date, the {3-3} Pattern has played 8.36% of the time.

The 3 3 0 Specific Order made its 37^th appearance, and out of the 116 drawings where {3-3} was the winning Pattern, this Specific Order has played 31.9% of the time. When we look at all 1388 drawings, this shrinks to 2.67%. We last saw this Specific Order play a little over a year ago in the October 17, 2015 drawing.

When it comes to Combinations, we saw the Four-Number Combination 5, 14, 26, and 30 make a repeat appearance.

Snippet of Four-Number Combinations from lotterytrend.com. The repeating Combination is in the red box.

This Combination made its first appearance two years ago in the September 17, 2014 drawing.

Powerball

Once again, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has taken back its title as Most Commonly Played Powerball Pattern. The 39^th appearance is thanks to winning numbers 1, 28, 33, 55, 56, and PB 22.

Now, out of the 110 Powerball drawings, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has played 35.5% of the time. The last time we saw this Pattern was in the October 5^th drawing a few weeks ago. In that scenario, it had tied with the {2-2-1-1} Pattern. Hopefully, this is not the start of Pattern Tango: Part Deux!

Moving on, we come to the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, which has now made 17 appearances. In the 39 drawings that {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern, the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order has played 43.6% of the time. This becomes 15.5% when we look at all 110 Powerball drawings. To see when this General Order previously played, we need to go back to the September 3, 2016 drawing.

Powerball knocked it out of the park with the debut of the 1 1 1 2 0 1 Specific Order. Given the 17 drawings that the [1-1-1-2-1] has appeared in, this Specific Order has appeared in 5.88% of them. When taking the 39 {2-1-1-1-1} drawings into account, the percentage drops to 2.56%. Finally, looking at all 110 drawings, the 1 1 1 2 0 1 Specific Order has played 0.91% of the time.

As the final (full) week of October gets underway, will the {3-3} Lotto Texas Pattern dare to make an encore appearance? Will the {2-1-1-1-1} retain its title or will it be ensnared in another Pattern Tango with {2-2-1-1}?

There Be the Power of Three

No, it’s not International Talk Like a Pirate Day (missed it by a month). We saw this humble number appear in subtle, and not so subtle ways, in the October 21^st Mega Millions drawing.

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 125^th appearance, continuing its reign as the Most Commonly Seen Pattern. The numbers 12, 43, 44, 48, 62, and MB 3 made that possible.

Out of the 314 drawings so far, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has played 39.8% of the time. We last saw this Pattern play a week ago in the October 14^th drawing.

The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order has now appeared in 38 drawings. Given the 125 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} is the Pattern of the evening, the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order has played 30.4% of the time. When we look at all 314 Mega Millions drawings to date, this becomes 12.1%. This General Order was last seen two weeks ago in the October 7^th drawing.

Next, we come to the 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order, now having played seven times. In the 38 drawings where [1-2-1-1-1] was the General Order, the 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order has played 18.4% of the time. Looking to the 125 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the Pattern, the 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order has played 5.6% of the time. Finally, this becomes 2.23% when we look at all 314 drawings. We last saw this Specific Order during the Rio Olympic Games: August 12^th, 2016.

Finally, there were three Three-Number Combinations that made an encore:

43, 66, MB 3, which first played April 29^th, 2014
12, 44, MB 3, which first played December 3^rd, 2013, and
12, 44, 66, which first played August 9^th, 2016

Three-Number Combinations from lotterytrend-megamillions.com. The repeating Combinations are in the red box.

Mega Millions currently shows no signs of slowing down. Will this energetic streak continue as we head into the final (full) week?

The Common and the Rare

Is it the high of life, or a pre-Halloween sugar rush? Whatever it is, Lotto Texas and Powerball showed no signs of slowing down on October 19^th. In one way, they were like night and day. Lotto Texas saw its most commonly played Pattern whereas Powerball saw one of its least commonly played Patterns. Nevertheless, that Pattern is a gem in and of itself.

Lotto Texas

For the 722^nd time since Lotto Texas went to the 1-54 numbering system, the {3-2-1} Pattern made an appearance. Wednesday’s winning numbers were 16, 22, 31, 38, 43, and 51.

Of the 1387 drawings, the {3-2-1} Pattern has played in 52.1% of them. We last saw this Pattern a couple of weeks ago in the October 5, 2016 drawing.

The 1 2 3 Specific order made its 134^th appearance, its first since the September 21, 2016 drawing. This Specific Order has appeared in 18.6% of the 722 drawings that have {3-2-1} as the winning Pattern, and in 9.66% of all Lotto Texas drawings.

Two Four-Number Combinations repeated last night, and their debut dates were truly something to behold:

16, 22, 43, and 51, which first played September 23, 2015 and
16, 31, 38, and 51, which first played September 23, 2006.

Snippet of Four-Number Combinations from lotterytrend.com. Repeating Combinations are in red boxes.

As you can see from the dates above, the debut dates were exactly nine years apart. That does not happen very often!

Powerball

Although the {3-1-1-1} Pattern didn’t make a four-peat appearance, we saw the {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern play for the first time since July 16, 2016. What makes this Pattern special is that its General Order is [1-1-1-1-1-1] and its Specific Order is 1 1 1 1 1 1. When the Pattern and the General Order and the Specific Order are the same in Powerball (and Mega Millions), we call this an Australia Play.

This edition of the Australia Play was brought to you by 10, 16, 38, 43, 63, and PB 23.

The Australia Play has appeared in 11 of the 109 Powerball drawings to date, which means that it has played 10.1% of the time. This statistic applies to not only the Pattern, but the General Order and Specific Order as well.

We saw a repeating Three-Number Combination in the form of 16, 38, and 63, which debuted December 23, 2015. Talk about an early Christmas gift.

Snippet of Three-Number Combinations from lotterytrend-powerball.com. The repeating Combination is in the red box.

Will Saturday’s drawing give us another rarely seen Pattern?

October Surprises

As the daylight hours dwindle and the leaves fall off the trees, October picks up steam. The World Series is about to get in gear, football continues to draw millions of viewers, and Halloween is just around the corner. For a humble lottery trend analysis blog like Lottery Binge, it also means seeing Mega Millions wanting a piece of this excitement. Let it be known that the October 18, 2016 drawing gave us not only a Pattern from last month, but visitors from last year.

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 97^th appearance, its first since the September 16^th drawing. The lucky numbers in Tuesday’s drawing were 7, 24, 28, 65, 74, and MB 1.

Out of the 313 Mega Millions drawings, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has now played 31% of the time. It has a way to go before it can even dream of overtaking the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern as Most Commonly Played Pattern, which has played 124 times.

Getting back to the {2-2-1-1} Pattern, the [1-2-2-1] General Order has now appeared 26 times. Like the {2-2-1-1} Pattern, it too made a previous appearance in the September 16^th drawing. The [1-2-2-1] General Order has now played in 26.8% of the 97 drawings that have {2-2-1-1} as the winning Pattern, and in 8.3% of all 313 drawings.

The 1 2 0 0 2 1 Specific Order made its fourth appearance in Tuesday’s drawing. Given that there have been 26 drawings where [1-2-2-1] was the General Order, the 1 2 0 0 2 1 Specific Order has played 15.4% of the time. This becomes 4.2% when we look at the 97 drawings that {2-2-1-1} was the Pattern, and 1.28% overall. Although it previously played in September, the 1 2 0 0 2 1 Specific Order did not play this past September. This Specific Order in fact made its previous appearance on September 29, 2015.

Finally, we come to the repeat appearances of the following Three-Number Combinations:

7, 24, MB 1, which first played October 13, 2015, and
65, 74, MB 1, which played July 21, 2015.

Snippet of repeating Three-Number Combinations from lotterytrend-megamillions.com. The repeating combos are in red boxes.

As we look ahead to Friday’s drawing, will the {2-2-1-1} Pattern make an encore appearance or will it be a rarely-seen Pattern that gets to play? Will there be another Specific Order that makes its first appearance in over a year?

Repeats! Repeats Everywhere

True to form, the October 15, 2016 Lotto Texas and Powerball drawings were full of energy. What better way to mark the halfway point of the month than the encore of Patterns that played on Wednesday? To add even more whipped cream to this sundae, there were Combinations that played for the first time in years, and a Combination that first played not too long ago.

Lotto Texas

The {4-1-1} Pattern made an encore appearance, thanks to winning numbers 2, 7, 12, 15, 24, and 47.

With 155 appearances, and 1386 Lotto Texas drawings thus far, the {4-1-1} Pattern has played 11.2% of the time.

The 4 1 1 Specific Order made its 49^th appearance, and unlike the {4-1-1} Pattern did not appear in the October 12^th drawing. Instead, we have to go back in the early throes of summer to find when this Specific Order previously played: June 1, 2016. With that said, the 4 1 1 Specific Order has now played in 31.6% of the 155 drawings that have {4-1-1} as the winning Pattern. Taking all 1386 drawings into account, we’re looking at 3.54%.

Saturday’s drawing gave us two Four-Number Combinations that haven’t played in quite some time. One of them played almost ten years ago. These Combinations were:

2, 7, 15, and 24, which first played on October 28, 2006, and
2, 12, 15, and 24, which first played on August 30, 2008

Snippet of Four-Number Combinations from lotterytrend.com. The repeating Combinations are in red boxes.

Powerball

Just like Lotto Texas, the Powerball Pattern also made an encore appearance. What’s more is that this particular encore is a three-peat. The {3-1-1-1} Pattern’s three-peat was provided by winning numbers 23, 49, 57, 64, 67, and PB 20.

Making its 17^th appearance, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has played in 15.7% of the 108 Powerball drawings.

The [1-1-3-1] General Order, although not making an encore, did make a previous appearance not too long ago in the October 8^th drawing. Having said that, the [1-1-3-1] General Order has played in 41.2% of the 7 drawings that {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When we look at all 108 drawings, this becomes 6.48%.

The 0 1 0 1 3 1 Specific Order played for the second time ever and we have to go back a couple of months to August 10^th to see when it first played. Out of the 7 drawings with [1-1-3-1] as the General Order, the 0 1 0 1 3 1 Specific Order has played 28.6% of the time. When we look at the 17 drawings that have {3-1-1-1} as the winning Pattern, this becomes 11.8%, and 1.85% when looking at all 108 drawings.

The Three-Number Combination of 23, 64, and 67 made its second appearance, and like the 0 1 0 1 3 1 Specific Order, it too played for the first time in the August 10^th drawing.

Snippet of Three-Number Combinations from lotterytrend-powerball.com. The repeating Combination is in a red box.

As the days grow shorter and the World Series kicks it into high gear, will the {4-1-1} go for a three-peat in Lotto Texas? Will Powerball see a four-peat in {3-1-1-1}?

Mega Millions’ Friday Night Groove

Mega Millions had an eventful week. Not only did it get its groove back in Tuesday’s drawing, the October 14^th drawing gave us an appearance from the most commonly played Pattern, as well as the debut of a new Specific Order.

Friday’s winning numbers were 7, 27, 60, 64, 74, and MB 5.

Unlike its brother Powerball, Mega Millions’ {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern leaves all other Patterns in the dust. With 124 appearances, it retains its title as Most Commonly Played Pattern. Now that there have been 312 drawings, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has played 39.7% of the time. We actually saw this Pattern last week in the October 7^th drawing.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order made its 29^th appearance, its first since the September 20^th, 2016 drawing. Out of the 124 drawings that have the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern as the winning Pattern, the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order has played 19.4% of the time. As we look at all 312 drawings, this becomes 9.29%.

As we mentioned earlier, a Specific Order made its world debut! That Specific Order was 1 1 0 1 2 1. Given that there have been 29 drawings where [1-1-1-2-1] was the winning General Order, this Specific Order has played 3.45% of the time. The 1 1 0 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 0.81% of the 124 drawings that the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has played, and has played 0.32% of the time when we look at all 312 drawings.

Finally, we come to Three-Number Combination 7, 60, and 64.

The repeating Three-Number Combination is highlighted in the red box. From lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Three-Number Combination first played in the early part of last year; February 27, 2015 to be precise.

As October marches on and we push past the halfway mark, will Mega Millions continue to keep its groove next week?

Takin’ a Chill Pill

Compared to the past few lottery drawings, the October 12^th drawings for Lotto Texas and Powerball were peaceful. There were no throwbacks to the dial-up days and the Pattern Tango was absent for another night. Even in a state of serenity, we saw a replay (of sorts) in Lotto Texas and a repeat in Powerball.

Lotto Texas

Wednesday’s winning numbers were 14, 33, 38, 39, 47, and 52.

The {4-1-1} Pattern made its 154^th appearance, its first since the September 24^th drawing a few weeks ago. Out of the 1385 Lotto Texas drawings to date, the {4-1-1} Pattern has now played 11.1% of the time.

This hint of September carried over to the 1 1 4 Specific Order, which also made its last appearance in the September 24^th drawing. Now having appeared 52 times, it has played in 33.8% of the 154 drawings that have {4-1-1} as the winning Pattern. Taking all 1385 drawings into account, the 1 1 4 Specific Order has played 3.75% of the time.

Powerball

Like Lotto Texas, Powerball’s winning Pattern isn’t one that commonly seen. The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 16^th appearance with winning numbers 16, 30, 34, 37, 44, and PB 16.

Given that there have now been 107 drawings, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has played 14.95% of the time. The {3-1-1-1} in fact played in this past Saturday’s drawing, making this a repeat. Not too shabby!

The [1-3-1-1] General Order made its 7^th appearance, its first since the July 30^th, 2016 drawing. Out of the 16 drawings that have {3-1-1-1} as the winning Pattern, the [1-3-1-1] General Order has played 43.75% of the time, and 6.54% when looking at all 107 drawings.

Powerball also surprised us with the debut of the 0 1 3 1 0 1 Specific Order. With that said, it has appeared in 14.285% of the 7 drawings that have [1-3-1-1] as the General Order. When looking at the 16 drawings where {3-1-1-1} is the winning Pattern, the 0 1 3 1 0 1 Specific Order has played 6.25%. This shrinks to 0.93% when looking at all 107 drawings.

Even when taking it easy, Lotto Texas and Powerball are full of surprises! Will Saturday’s drawing be as peaceful as this one, or will it be a blowout?

Back in the Swing of Things

It took a while, but it finally came. Let it be known that on October 11^th, 2016, Mega Millions put down the pumpkin spice latte and the slow roast and had a blowout night. The spectacle included, but was not limited to a rarely seen Pattern, and the debut of a new Specific Order.

The {4-1-1} Pattern made its first appearance since the July 22^nd, 2016 drawing. The winning numbers were 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, and MB 3.

After 12 appearances and 311 drawings to date, the {4-1-1} Pattern has played 3.86% of the time. To add on, the {4-1-1} is the second-least Pattern played.

The [4-1-1] General Order made its sixth appearance last night, and has appeared in 50% of the 12 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This shrinks considerably to 1.93% when we look at all 311 drawings. Now here’s the kicker: this General Order previously played 1.5 years ago!

That’s not a typo, ladies and gents. Prior to Tuesday’s drawing, the [4-1-1] Pattern was last seen in the April 21^st, 2015 drawing.

The 0 0 4 1 0 1 Specific Order made its world premiere. Given the six drawings that have [4-1-1] as the General Order of the night, the 0 0 4 1 0 1 Specific Order has played 16.67% of the time. When looking at the 12 drawings that have {4-1-1} as the winning Pattern, this Specific Order has played 8.33% of the time, and 0.32% when looking at all 311 drawings.

To further prove that it’s no slouch, Mega Millions gave us a repeating Three-Number Combination. The lucky numbers were 42, 45, and MB 3.

Snippet of the Three-Number Combinations from lotterytrend-megamillions.com. The repeating Combo is highlighted in the red box.

The first time this Combination played was back on March 13^th, 2015.

When Mega Millions returns from a break, it returns in style. Will this vigor return in Friday’s drawing, or will the enticing taste of pumpkin spice latte lure it into a state of mellowness?

September in Passing

Lotto Texas and Powerball paid their respects to September as we enter the second (full) week of October. Both lotteries saw Patterns, not to mention their respective Specific Order and General Order, play last month. The October 8^th drawings also gave us a surprise or two, not to mention a reprieve.

Lotto Texas

Saturday’s drawing saw the {4-2} Pattern, making its first appearance since the September 17^th drawing. The winning numbers were 7, 15, 44, 52, 53, and 54.

Winning Texas Lotto numbers from lotterytrend.ncom. — Winning Texas Lotto numbers from lotterytrend.com.

With 153 appearances, and 1384 Lotto Texas drawings to date, the {4-2} Pattern has now played 11.1% of the time.

The 2 0 4 Specific Order made its 19^th appearance, the first since the September 14^th drawing. Out of the 153 drawings that have {4-2} as the winning Pattern, the 2 0 4 Specific Order has played 12.4% of the time. When we look at all 1384 drawings, this becomes 1.37%.

We also saw not one, but two Four-Number Combinations make an encore appearance:

15, 52, 53, and 54, which first played May 30^th, 2012, and
7, 44, 53, and 54 which first played November 21^st, 2015.

Snippet of Four-Number Combinations from lotterytrend.com. The red boxes have the repeating combinations.

Powerball

The Pattern Tango between {2-1-1-1-1} and {2-2-1-1} did not take place last night. Instead, we got to see another Pattern get a chance to play. That lucky Pattern was {3-1-1-1}. The winning numbers were thanks to 3, 54, 61, 64, 68, and PB 9.

Saturday’s drawing marked the 15^th appearance of the {3-1-1-1} Pattern, its first since September 21^st. Out of the 106 Powerball drawings, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern has now played 14.2% of the time.

The [1-1-3-1] General Order made its 6^th appearance, and it too previously played in the September 21^st drawing. Percentage wise, it comes in at 40% of the 15 drawings where {3-1-1-1} is the winning Pattern, and 5.66% of all drawings.

The 1 0 0 3 1 1 Specific Order made its world debut. With that said, the 1 0 0 3 1 1 Specific Order has occurred in 16.67% of the 6 drawings that have [1-1-3-1] as the General Order of the evening. When looking at the 15 drawings that have {3-1-1-1} as the winning Pattern, this becomes 6.667%, and 0.94% when looking at all 106 drawings.

We saw the Three-Number Combination 3, 61, and 64 make an encore appearance last night. The first time we saw it was earlier this year in the January 16^th drawing.

The red box shows the repeating Three-Number Combination. From lotterytrend-powerball.com.

As we look ahead to next week, will we continue to see Patterns that don’t get much airtime, or will the Pattern Tango resume? Will we see debuts of new Specific Orders?