December 8^th was a quiet night in the lottery world. No flashy Pattern streaks, no encores at all, really. The temperatures plunged, and the jackpots went up. Lotto Texas and Powerball’s grand prizes increased to $7.75 million and $230 million, respectively.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 845^th appearance with winning numbers 4, 6, 21, 23, 25, and 38.

This Pattern has played in 52.5% of the 1610 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen December 1^st, 2018.

Now with 138 appearances, the 2 3 1 Specific Order has played in 16.3% of the 845 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern and in 8.57% of all 1610 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 2 3 1 Specific Order played on October 27^th, 2018.

Four-Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations this past Saturday.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 14, 32, 34, 46, 61, and PB 10, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 120^th appearance.

Given the 332 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played 36.1% of the time and was last seen November 24^th, 2018.

The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order made its 31^st appearance and has now played in 25.8% of the 120 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When taking all 332 drawings into consideration, this General Order has played 9.34% of the time.

Now with eleven appearances, the 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 35.5% of the 31 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also appeared in 9.167% of the 120 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when taking all 332 drawings into consideration, this Specific Order has played 3.31% of the time.

Both the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order and 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order were last seen on November 10^th, 2018.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Two repeating Three-Number Combinations were seen Saturday night:

• 14, 32, 34 (Debuted March 9^th, 2016)
• 14, 46, 61 (Debuted June 21^st, 2017)

With Christmas right around the corner, inquiring minds want to know what exactly Lotto Texas and Powerball will do Wednesday. Will things remain mellow, or will things start to get a bit wilder and crazier?