The biggest story of Lottery Binge this summer has been Mega Millions. This lottery’s grand prize has soared into the stratosphere and is close to half a billion, yes billion dollars! Even though Mega Millions has had the lion’s share of buzzworthy news, Lotto Texas and Powerball are not down for the count. After July 21st, Powerball is feeling the urge to rise, and its jackpot is now $147 million. Lotto Texas isn’t likely to see a prize that large anytime soon ($12.25 million ain’t too shabby), but it had its own way of generating buzz—throwing a rarely-played Pattern into the ring.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 4, 6, 9, 14, 15, and 45, the uncommon {5-1} Pattern made its 57th appearance.
Of the 1570 Lotto Texas drawings to date, this Pattern has played 3.63% of the time and was last seen on June 16th, 2018.
Now with four appearances, the 5 0 1 Specific Order has played in 7.02% of the 57 drawings where {5-1} was the winning Pattern. This Specific Order has also appeared in 0.25% of all 1570 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 5 0 1 Specific Order played a little over a year ago in the July 19th, 2017 drawing.
Four-Number Combination(s)
There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations this time.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Powerball went the opposite direction of Lotto Texas. Instead of playing an uncommon Pattern, the most common Pattern appeared. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 103rd appearance with winning numbers 9, 23, 56, 58, 68, and PB 1.
Given that there have been 292 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played 35.3% of the time. This Pattern was last seen in the July 14th, 2018 drawing.
With 30 appearances, the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order has now played in 29.1% of the 103 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 10.3% of all 292 drawings and was last seen on June 27th, 2018.
Now with seven appearances, the 1 1 0 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 23.3% of the 30 drawings where [1-1-1-2-1] was the General Order. This Specific Order has also appeared in 6.80% of the 103 drawings where the Pattern was {2-1-1-1-1} and in 2.40% of all 292 drawings. The 1 1 0 1 2 1 Specific Order previously played on August 16th, 2017.
Three-Number Combination(s)
Repeating Three-Number Combinations were absent this time.
As July starts to wind down, will the jackpots for Lotto Texas and Powerball continue to rise? Will either the {5-1} Pattern or {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern see an encore Wednesday night?