Ending the Year With Flare

Happy New Year! As the world greeted 2017 with firecrackers, fireworks, and sparklers, Lotto Texas and Powerball said goodbye to 2016 with fireworks of their own.

Lotto Texas

Lotto Texas saw an encore of the {3-2-1} Pattern in the New Year’s Eve drawing. The 734th appearance was thanks to winning numbers 2, 5, 11, 33, 39, and 51.

Winning Texas Lotto numbers. From lotterytrend.com.
Winning Texas Lotto numbers. From lotterytrend.com.

This Pattern has now appeared in 52.1% of the 1408 Lotto Texas drawings to date. Recall that the {3-2-1} Pattern previously played in Wednesday’s drawing.

Like the {3-2-1-} Pattern, the 3 1 2 Specific Order made an encore as well. That is, it too previously played in this past Wednesday’s drawing. With 132 appearances, this Specific Order has played in approximately 18% of the 734 drawings where the {3-2-1} Pattern has appeared, and in 9.375% of all Lotto Texas drawings.

Powerball

The {2-2-1-1} made its 44th appearance, and previously played in the Christmas Eve 2016 drawing. The winning numbers this time around were 1, 3, 28, 59, 67, and PB 9.

Winning Powerball numbers. From lotterytrend-powerball.com.
Winning Powerball numbers. From lotterytrend-powerball.com.

As of Saturday, this Pattern has played in 33.8% of the 130 Powerball drawings.

Next, the [2-1-2-1] General Order made its 13th appearance, its first since the October 26, 2016 drawing. This General Order has played in 29.5% of the 44 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} General Order appeared, and in 10% of all drawings.

The 2 1 0 0 2 1 Specific Order made its fourth appearance. With that said, this Specific Order has played in 30.8% of the 13 drawings where the [2-1-2-1] General Order has played, 9.09% of the 44 drawings where the {2-2-1-1} Pattern played, and in 3.08% of all Powerball drawings. Prior to Saturday, we last saw the 2 1 0 0 2 1 Specific Order in the August 24, 2016 drawing.

Powerball ended 2016 with a repeat appearance of the Three-Number Combination 1, 28, and 67.

Snippet of Powerball Three-Number Combinations. Repeating Combination is in the red box.
Snippet of Powerball Three-Number Combinations. Repeating Combination is in the red box.

This Combination made its debut a few months prior, in the September 21, 2016 drawing.

With 2016 behind us, we wait with baited breath for all the twists and turns that Lotto Texas and Powerball will have in store for the year ahead.

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