For those of us with traditional M-F, 9-to-5 jobs, the weekend can be a welcome breath of fresh air. Whether going into the office, working from home, or a mix of the two, everyone needs time to explore, to unwind, to chill. The act of relaxing is especially important after a busy week, for both man and lottery alike.

Lotto Texas’s reputation of being the most relaxed of the lotteries held strong Saturday night. There was no need for flashy plays to push the jackpot to $10.25 million. Powerball, however, was another story. After producing two repeating Four-Number Combinations in the span of a week, the glamour wore off some. Nonetheless, the beast of a jackpot remained. Taking it easy boosted the jackpot to $421 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {4-1-1} Pattern was on tap for April 23, 2022. With winning numbers 14, 29, 30, 33, 34 and 47, this Pattern has now played 219 times.

This Pattern has now played in 11% of the 1997 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen January 26, 2022.

Now with 71 appearances, the 1 4 1 Specific Order has played in 32.4% of the 219 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1997 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 3.56% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 4 1 Specific Order played December 25, 2021.

Four-Number Combinations

Repeating Four-Number Combination 14, 29, 30 and 47 debuted March 8, 2003.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

April 23^rd was a good night for not one but two encores! The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 121^st appearance with 10, 39, 47, 49, 56 and PB 8.

This Pattern has now played in 16.8% of the 719 Powerball drawings.

Now with 43 appearances, the [1-1-3-1] General Order has played in 35.5% of the 121 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 719 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 5.98% of the time.

Both the {3-1-1-1} Pattern and the [1-1-3-1] General Order were last seen April 20, 2022.

Now with four appearances, the 1 0 1 3 0 1 Specific Order has played in 9.3% of the 43 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-3-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.31% of the 121 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.56% of all 719 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 0 1 3 0 1 Specific Order played December 15, 2018.

Three-Number Combinations

Repeating Three-Number Combination 49, 56 and PB 8 debuted June 27, 2020.

Will the last week of April mean jackpots that continue to rise for both Lotto Texas and Powerball?

For those who don’t partake in Halloween, October 30^th is just another day. For everyone else, it’s a “last call” for preparations. Hopefully, you didn’t put off finding a costume or buying candy! Or perhaps costumes and candy aren’t your thing. You prefer watching scary moves or doing the scaring yourself.

Lotto Texas and Powerball aren’t into the haunting business. No spooky noises or jump scares for these two! Instead, they took a similar approach this past Saturday night. October 30, 2021 saw not only a playback for one lottery, but both lotteries saw a repeating Four-Number Combination. Well, that and rising jackpots. Lotto Texas’s jackpot ascended to $8 million, and Powerball’s rested at a comfortable $123 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 3, 7, 12, 14, 26 and 45, the {4-1-1} Pattern made its 214^th appearance.

There have now been 1922 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has played 11.1% of the time.

Now with 69 appearances, the 4 1 1 Specific Order has played in 32.2% of the 214 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1922 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 3.59% of the time.

Prior to Saturday night, both the {4-1-1} Pattern and the 4 1 1 Specific Order played October 9, 2021.

Four-Number Combinations

Repeating Four-Number Combination 3, 7, 12 and 26 debuted June 4, 2014.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 183^rd appearance with winning numbers 5, 23, 28, 43, 56 and PB 19.

This Pattern has now played in 28.4% of the 644 Powerball drawings and was last seen October 18, 2021.

The [1-2-2-1] General Order, now with 59 appearances, has played in 32.2% of the 183 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 644 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has also played 9.16% of the time. The [1-2-2-1] General Order was last seen in the October 2, 2021 drawing.

Now with four appearances, the 1 2 0 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 6.78% of the 59 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 2.19% of the 183 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.62% of all 644 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 2 0 2 0 1 Specific Order played April 10, 2021.

Four-Number Combination

Repeating Four-Number Combination 5, 23, 28 and 56 debuted May 1, 2019.

Three-Number Combinations  

Naturally, four repeating Three-Number Combinations rolled out of the Combination above:

• 5, 23, 28
• 5, 23, 46
• 23, 28, 56
• 5, 28, 56

Repeating Three-Number Combination 23, 28, and 56 is a special case. This Combination debuted June 6, 2018 and played again in the earlier-mentioned May 1^st drawing. The other three Combinations in the list above debuted that night.

Why stop at just those repeating Three-Number Combinations, though? There were two more:

• 5, 43, 56 (Debuted August 11, 2018)
• 5, 28, PB 19 (Debuted February 15, 2017)

Will the jackpots rise again Monday night?