Throwing Three-Peats to the Wind

After a busy first half of April, Mega Millions showed signs of slowing down in the second half. The April 24, 2020 drawing continued that trajectory. The {2-2-1-1} Pattern, having seen two consecutive appearances, looked poised to make a three-peat. Instead, another Pattern made the rounds, and the jackpot ballooned to $186 million.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 1, 27, 32, 60, 67 and MB 18, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 245^th appearance.

Blocking a three-peat. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There have now been 561 Mega Millions drawings and this Pattern has played 43.7% of the time. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern was last seen April 7, 2020.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 57 appearances, has played in 23.3% of the 245 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 561 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.2% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order played April 3,2020.

Now with 12 appearances, the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 21.1% of the 57 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.90% of the 245 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.14% of all 561 drawings. We last saw the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order September 13, 2019.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern didn’t produce any repeating Three-Number Combinations Friday night.

The last Mega Millions drawing of the month is coming up on Tuesday. Will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern make an encore?

All Roads Lead to Rising Jackpots

Both Lotto Texas and Powerball saw their jackpots rise to $12.75 million and $37 million, respectively. However, the path each lottery took Wednesday night was fraught with its own perils, er, surprises. One surprise was an Australia Play, the other a Pattern encore.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The April 22, 2020 Lotto Texas drawing had 9, 17, 19, 30, 44 and 50 as the winning numbers. This marked the 238^th appearance for both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order. Around these parts, that’s called an Australia Play.

Hopping into an Australia Play! Source: lotterytrend.com.

Of the 1753 Lotto Texas drawings, 13.6% of them have been Australia Plays; the last time we saw one was March 14, 2020.

Four-Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations Wednesday night.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

There was in fact, a double encore in Powerball! First was the {3-1-1-1} Pattern, with winning numbers 1, 33, 35, 40, 69, and PB 24. This Pattern has now played 92 times.

An encore from an unexpected place! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Given that there have now been 475 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played 19.4% of the time.

The other encore was the [1-3-1-1] General Order. Now with 32 appearances, this General Order has played in 34.8% of the 92 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 475 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 6.74% of the time.

Both the {3-1-1-1} Pattern and the [1-3-1-1] General Order were last seen April 18, 2020.

Now with five appearances, the 1 0 3 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 15.625% of the 32 drawings where the General Order was [1-3-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.43% of the 92 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.05% of all 475 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the 1 0 3 0 1 1 Specific Order played June 12, 2019.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Two repeating Three-Number Combinations were unearthed on the Powerball path:

33, 40, 69 (Debuted June 1, 2016)
35, 69, PB 24 (Debuted January 13, 2018)

A duo decked in red. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

As April is nearing its end, we’ll need to keep an eye out for Pattern encores. Take the {3-1-1-1} Pattern in Powerball, for example. After its encore, is a three-peat in the cards Saturday night? Will we also see an Australia Play encore in Lotto Texas?

The Short, Sweet Pattern Repeat

Don’t rock the boat! Stay the course! Don’t change racehorses midway! In other words, don’t mess with the status quo. In the April 21, 2020 Mega Millions drawing, the “status quo” was the {2-2-1-1} Pattern. That and a lack of grand prize winners. The jackpot rose to $174 million.

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 155^th appearance with winning numbers 13, 15, 24, 67, 70 and MB 17.

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

This Pattern has now played in 27.7% of the 560 Mega Millions drawings.

There was, in fact, another encore Tuesday night: the [1-2-2-1] General Order! With its 55^th appearance, this General Order has played in 35.5% of the 155 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 560 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.82% of the time.

Both the {2-2-1-1} Pattern and the [1-2-2-1] General Order were last seen April 17, 2020.

Now with seven appearances, the 1 2 0 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 12.7% of the 55 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.52% of the 155 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.25% of all 560 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the 1 2 0 0 2 1 Specific Order played September 3, 2019.

Three-Number Combination(s)

No repeating Three-Number Combinations were produced.

Will Mega Millions stick with the {2-2-1-1} Pattern Friday night?

Pent-Up Lottery Energy

For some people, being made to stay home has been an opportunity to catch up on books they’ve been meaning to read, shows and movies they’ve been meaning to watch, and not worry too much about appearance. But, even the most “homebodiest” of homebodies doesn’t want to stay at home for too long. The longer you’re homebound, the more pent-up energy and without a proper outlet, the results can be explosive.

Thankfully, Lotto Texas and Powerball found a release valve! The night of April 18, 2020 was a night of repeating Combinations doubles and a surge in the jackpots. Well, more like a steady growth. The prize rose to $12.25 million in Lotto Texas and $29 million in Powerball.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 4, 19, 35, 42, 47 and 54, the {3-2-1} Pattern made its 926^th appearance.

These numbers have more beneath the surface. Source: lotterytrend.com.

There have now been 1752 Lotto Texas drawings and this Pattern has played 52.9% of the time. The {3-2-1} Pattern was last seen April 11, 2020.

Now with 161 appearances, the 1 2 3 Specific Order has played in 17.4% of the 926 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1752 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.19% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 2 3 Specific Order played March 25, 2020.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Four-Number Combinations of the evening were

4, 42, 47, 54 (Debuted December 9, 2000)
4, 19, 35, 47 (Debuted September 18, 2002 and previously played August 22, 2007)

Red for double, blue for triple. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 91^st appearance with winning numbers 4, 44, 46, 56, 63 and PB 19.

A nice showing of the number “4”. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has now played in 19.2% of the 474 Powerball drawings.

The [1-3-1-1] General Order, now with 31 appearances, has played in 34.1% of the 91 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 474 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 6.54% of the time.

Both the {3-1-1-1} Pattern and the [1-3-1-1] General Order played April 11, 2020.

Now with two appearances, the 1 0 0 3 1 1 Specific Order has played in 6.45% of the 31 drawings where the General Order was [1-3-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 2.20% of the 91 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.42% of all 474 drawings. The 1 0 0 3 1 1 Specific Order made its first appearance February 12, 2020.

Three-Number Combination(s)

There were two repeating Three-Number Combinations:

44, 63, PB 19 (Debuted March 30, 2016)
4, 56, 63 (Debuted October 28, 2015)

Combination repeats are healthy. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

There are only a couple of weeks left until we get to May. Will either the {3-2-1} or {3-1-1-1} Patterns try to establish a Pattern streak in that time?

The Ol’ {2-2-1-1} Pattern Back n’ Forth

It’s the very nature of lotteries to have their Patterns take turns with one another. Otherwise, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern streak would never end! What happens when a Pattern plays, then disappears for a drawing, then shows up again? Other than missed opportunity for a Pattern three-peat, of course.

Mega Millions answered that question this past Friday night with its {2-2-1-1} Pattern. In addition to this Pattern’s back and forth action, there were no grand prize winners. As a result, the jackpot rose to $164 million.

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern of April 17, 2020 was brought to you by winning numbers 13, 35, 39, 46, 55 and MB 14. This Pattern has now played 154 times.

This Pattern was seen at the end of the previous week. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There have now been 559 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has now played 27.5% of the time. We last saw the {2-2-1-1} Pattern April 10, 2020.

The [1-2-2-1] General Order, now with 54 appearances, has played in 35.1% of the 154 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 559 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.66% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the [1-2-2-1] General Order played March 6, 2020.

Now with six appearances, the 1 0 2 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 11.1% of the 54 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.90% of the 154 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.07% of all 559 drawings. The 1 0 2 2 0 1 Specific Order was last seen in the April 16, 2019 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination 13, 35 and 55 debuted April 4, 2017.

Three years is a long time in the lottery world! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com

Will next week see more back-and-forth action from the {2-2-1-1} Pattern?

A Not-so-Taxing Wednesday

April 15 is traditionally Tax Day in the U.S. All those who haven’t filed their taxes yet can breathe a sigh of relief, as this year’s Tax Day is July 15.

With one lottery embracing a payback and both lotteries forming an attachment to this past January, the night was anything but quiet! No grand prize winners meant rising jackpots. Lotto Texas climbed to $12 million and Powerball crossed over to $24 million. Can you believe the Lotto Texas jackpot is now worth half that of Powerball’s?

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 20, 21, 27, 44, 47 and 49, the {3-3} Pattern made its 138^th appearance.

Shades of the recent past within. Source: lotterytrend.com.

There have now been 1751 Lotto Texas drawings and this Pattern has played 7.88% of the time.

Now with 45 appearances, the 0 3 3 Specific Order has played in 32.6% of the 138 drawings where {3-3} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1751 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 2.57% of the time.

Both the {3-3} Pattern and the 0 3 3 Specific Order played January 25, 2020.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Four-Number Combination 20, 21, 27 and 44 debuted January 4, 2020.

Two times in one year! Source: lotterytrend.com.

As you can see, Lotto Texas was truly one with the January! Let’s see how Powerball fared.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 29^th appearance with winning numbers 10, 12, 33, 36, 41 and PB 2.

Mostly pining for January. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has now played in 6.13% of the 473 Powerball drawings and was last seen January 8, 2020.

The [2-3-1] General Order, now with 14 appearances, has played in 48.3% of the 29 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 473 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 2.96% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the [2-3-1] General Order played January 1, 2020.

Now with two appearances, the 2 0 3 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 14.3% of the 14 drawings where the General Order was [2-3-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 6.90% of the 29 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.42% of all 473 drawings. The 2 0 3 0 0 1 Specific Order made its first appearance in the December 5, 2018 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Wednesday night saw no repeating Three-Number Combinations.

Will Saturday night see more playbacks and/or a full embrace of previous months?

Mega Millions’ Nostalgia Pangs

Two months—that’s roughly sixty days. That may not sound like a long time, but that’s long enough for big changes to occur. Sometimes, the changes are so sudden that we want to ease into that brave new world or reminisce about the “good ol’ days”. Normally, said days are from a past long gone, but recent events have many of us pining for life as it was back in February.

The April 14, 2020 Mega Millions drawing was a retrospective of Februarys past. That trip down memory lane spawned a repeating Three-Number Combination and a jackpot that bumped up to $159 million.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 29, 47, 65, 69, 70 and MB 7, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 105^th appearance.

Two months can be a long time. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

This Pattern has now played in 18.8% of the 558 Mega Millions drawings and was last seen February 28, 2020.

The [1-1-3-1] General Order, now with 31 appearances, has played in 29.5% of the 105 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 5.56% of all 558 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the [1-1-3-1] General Order played February 14, 2020.

Now with six appearances, the 0 0 1 1 3 1 Specific Order has played in 19.4% of the 31 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-3-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.71% of the 105 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 558 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 1.08% of the time. The 0 0 1 1 3 1 Specific Order was last seen April 2, 2019.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination 65, 70 and MB 7 debuted October 19, 2018.

Will Mega Millions reminisce about February again Friday night?

Saturday Night Retreat

Stressful times call for stress relievers. Once upon a time, people went out on Saturday nights. Malls, arcades, movie theaters, and restaurants were filled with individuals of all ages and from all walks of life looking to get out of the house and forget about their troubles for a few hours. What with all these places closed, and restaurants open only for delivery or carryout, destressing involves staying home and getting creative.

Lotto Texas and Powerball followed suit April 11, 2020. After a wild Wednesday, the lotteries opted to stay home and chill. There was only enough energy for a {3-2-1} Pattern three-peat and a jackpot rise to $11.5 million in Lotto Texas. Meanwhile, Powerball got *this* close to a playback, though its jackpot did inch up to $22 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern three-peat was made possible by winning numbers 4, 5, 16, 24, 27 and 40. This Pattern has now played 925 times.

A Pattern streak in the future? Source: lotterytrend.com.

There have now been 1750 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has played 52.9% of the time. Recall that the {3-2-1} Pattern was last seen April 8, 2020.

Now with 168 appearances, the 3 2 1 Specific Order has played in 18.2% of the 925 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1750 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.6% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 3 2 1 Specific Order played February 29, 2020.

Four-Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations Wednesday night.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 22, 29, 30, 42, 47 and PB 17, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 90^th appearance.

This Pattern has now played in 19.1% of the 472 Powerball drawings.

The [1-3-1-1] General Order, now with 30 appearances, has played in 33.3% of the 90 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 472 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 6.36% of the time.

Both the {3-1-1-1} Pattern and the [1-3-1-1] General Order were last seen April 4, 2020.

Now with five appearances, the 0 1 3 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 16.7% of the 30 drawings where the General Order was [1-3-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.56% of the 90 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 472 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 1.06% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 0 1 3 1 0 1 Specific Order played February 15, 2020.

Three-Number Combination(s)

No repeating Three-Number Combinations were to be found.

Will the {3-2-1} Pattern get a Pattern streak going and will Powerball continue to adjust to smaller jackpot rises?

Friday Night Substitution

When you hear “substitute” or “substitution”, what comes to mind? We’ve all had substitute teachers or had to make do with a different brand of peanut butter if the one we wanted was unavailable. A substitute isn’t inherently superior or inferior; it’s just something different.

If you played Mega Millions this past Friday (or not), then you should know that the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern streak was terminated. In fact, you could say a repeating Four-Number Combination and the resulting madness was a substitute for whatever the Pattern five-peat would have brought. Regardless of your feelings towards repeating Four-Number Combinations in Mega Millions, it’s highly doubtful you’d turn your nose up at a jackpot that jumped to $145 million!

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern of April 10, 2020, made its 153^rd appearance with winning numbers 2, 11, 21, 57, 60, and MB 13.

This Pattern has now played in 27.5% of the 557 Mega Millions drawings and was last seen March 24, 2020.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 50 appearances, has played in 32.7% of the 153 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 557 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 8.98% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the [2-1-2-1] General Order played February 28, 2020.

Now with seven appearances, the 2 1 0 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 14% of the 50 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.58% of the 153 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.26% of all 557 drawings. The 2 1 0 0 2 1 Specific Order was last seen May 31, 2019.

Four-Number Combination

The repeating Four-Number Combination 2, 21, 60, and MB 13 made its debut in the April 22, 2016 drawing.

Three-Number Combinations

When dealing with a repeating Four-Number Combination in Mega Millions, you’ll also be dealing with an entourage of four repeating Three-Number Combinations:

21, 60, MB 13
2, 60, MB 13
2, 21, MB 13
2, 21, 60

All these Combinations debuted in the earlier-mentioned April 22, 2016 drawing.

There was one more, unrelated, repeating Three-Number Combination: 2, 11, 60, and this Combination debuted July 7, 2017.

Blue and red are the colors of Combinations. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Will Tuesday night see a {2-2-1-1} Pattern encore or another repeating Four-Number Combination?

Twice as Strong, Half as High

Something odd happened the night of April 8, 2020. Thanks to an encore from the {3-2-1} Pattern and a little extra help from the similar spread, the Lotto Texas jackpot rose to $11 million. That’s more than half that of Powerball’s! No, that wasn’t a typo.

An intrepid player from New Jersey picked all six numbers and won the $193 million prize. Naturally, the jackpot reset itself. The floor of Powerball jackpots was once $40 million, but after this past Wednesday night, the new reset point became $20 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern encore was thanks to winning numbers 8, 18, 25, 33, 35, and 39. This Pattern has now played 924 times.

The month of the {3-2-1} Pattern? Source: lotterytrend.com.

There have now been 1749 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has played 52.8% of the time. Recall that this Pattern was last seen April 4, 2020.

Now with 153 appearances, the 2 3 1 Specific Order has played in 16.6% of the 924 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1749 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 8.75% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 2 3 1 Specific Order played March 18, 2020.

Similar Spread

Wednesday night’s numbers saw a spread of 10:07:08:02:04. This is similar to the spread seen March 2, 2016. That night, the winning numbers were 20, 27, 35, 37, 41 and 51; their spread was 07:08:02:04:10. Although the differences between numbers on both nights were the same, their orders were different.

Four-Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations Wednesday night.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 2, 37, 39, 48, 54, and PB 5, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 133^rd appearance.

The Pattern that played was no joke. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has now played in 28.2% of the 471 Powerball drawings and was last seen April 1, 2020.

The [1-2-2-1] General Order, now with 40 appearances, has played in 30.1% of the 133 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 471 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 8.49% of the time. The [1-2-2-1] General Order was last seen March 14, 2020.

Now with two appearances, the 1 0 2 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 5% of the 40 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 1.50% of the 133 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.42% of all 471 drawings. The 1 0 2 2 0 1 Specific Order made its first appearance June 22, 2016.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combinations of the evening were

2, 37, 39 (Debuted January 3, 2018)
37, 54, PB 5 (Debuted November 2, 2016)

All the other Combos are sandwiched in between the repeaters! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Will Lotto Texas see a {3-2-1} Pattern three-peat Saturday night?