Common Was the Name of the Game

October 21^st was a lot of things to a lot of people:

• Ten days before Halloween (Have you gotten your costume yet?)
• The Astros defeated the Yankees, and are on their way to play the Dodgers in the World Series. The first game is Tuesday.
• There were no Pattern encores.

That last bullet is what we’re focusing on in today’s post. Although neither Lotto Texas nor Powerball saw Pattern encores Saturday night, they did see their most commonly played Patterns.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With 776 appearances, the {3-2-1} Pattern is second-to-none. The winning numbers this time were 2, 18, 29, 46, 53, and 54.

Of the 1492 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has played in 52% of them, and previously played in the October 7, 2017 drawing.

With 114 appearances, the 2 1 3 Specific Order has played in 14.7% of the 776 drawings where the {3-2-1} Pattern has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 7.64% of all 1492 drawings, and was last seen in the August 26, 2017 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

These numbers produced the Four-Number Combination 2, 29, 46, and 53.

We first saw this Combination in the March 9, 2011 drawing. This was over five years ago.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 79^th appearance, with winning numbers 14, 41, 42, 45, 69, and PB 4.

Given that there have been 214 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played in 36.9% of them, and was last seen in the September 30, 2017 drawing.

Making its 21^st appearance, the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order has played in 26.6% of the 79 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. This General Order has also played in 9.81% of all 214 Powerball drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order played in the August 9, 2017 drawing.

Now with seven appearances, the 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 33.3% of the 21 drawings where the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order has appeared. This Specific Order has also played in 8.86% of the 79 drawings where the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has appeared. Given the 214 Powerball drawings, this Specific Order has played in 3.27% of them. The 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order was seen alongside the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order in the August 9^th drawing mentioned earlier.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 41, 42, and PB 4.

Earlier this year, the Combination made its debut in the January 4^th drawing.

Will Wednesday’s drawing see these Patterns joined at the hip, or will they go their separate ways?