The title of today’s post sounds like the setup for a corny joke, doesn’t it? Well, what happened June 5th, 2019 was no laughing matter! The dust may have settled in Powerball, but that meant more reason for it to get back up again. Although a far cry from the monstrous prize won at the beginning of the month, $53 million is not small change!
Lotto Texas, ever the levelheaded one, was no slouch, either. With no grand prize winner, its jackpot rose to a respectable $7.25 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
Nothing like an Australia Play to leave the lottery players itching to try again! Winning numbers 3, 8, 22, 29, 51, and 52 made the 232nd appearance of both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order possible.
Given the 1661 Lotto Texas drawings, the Australia Play has occurred in roughly 14% of them and was last seen May 29, 2019.
Four-Number Combination(s)
Accompanying the Australia Play were two repeating Four-Number Combinations:
- 3, 22, 29, 52 (Debuted August 24, 2011)
- 8, 22, 29, 52 (Debuted February 14, 2018)
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 25th appearance with winning numbers 17, 23, 28, 34, 38, and PB 8.
Of the 383 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played in 6.53% of them.
The [3-2-1] General Order, now with 13 appearances, has played in 52% of the 25 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern and in 3.39% of all 383 drawings.
Both the {3-2-1} Pattern and the [3-2-1] General Order were last seen May 11, 2019.
A crazy-large jackpot isn’t the only way for a lottery to stand out. Wednesday night was the debut of the 0 3 2 0 0 1 Specific Order! With that said, this Specific Order has played in 7.69% of the 13 drawings where the General Order was [3-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4% of the 25 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 383 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 0.26% of the time.
Three-Number Combination(s)
There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations this time.
Whoever thinks that only crazy-large jackpots are the way to wowing the public must not have paid attention to Wednesday night! Lotto Texas and Powerball showed that a more subtle approach can work just as well. Even so, the weekend is right around the corner and that’s when things tend to get rowdy. We’ll have to wait and see if that rowdiness appears or if the mellowness of June continues.