Today’s B-movie title is brought to you by the Lotto Texas and Powerball drawings of October 23, 2019.
Lotteries are well aware that humans hunt for them. Once caught, they have no choice but to give up their prizes. The humans celebrate with lavish (early) retirement parties and the lotteries reset. Capture is inevitable, “But why make it easy for them?” they think.
This is where the bag of tricks come out and the players get thwarted. The method employed Wednesday night was a callback to a very recent date. Lotto Texas ascended to $7 million and Powerball sat high and dry at $130 million up for grabs.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 897th appearance with 4, 5, 11, 35, 44, and 50.
This Pattern has now played in 52.7% of the 1701 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen October 16, 2019.
Now with 173 appearances, the 3 1 2 Specific Order played in 19.3% of the 897 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1701 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 10.2% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 3 1 2 Specific Order played October 12, 2019.
Four-Number Combination(s)
The {3-2-1} Pattern didn’t act alone! Accompanying it were three repeating Four-Number Combinations:
- 5, 35, 44, 50 (Debuted October 2, 2010
- 4, 5, 35, 50 (Debuted April 3, 2002)
- 4, 35, 44, 50 (Debuted February 7, 2018)
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 5, 12, 50, 61, 69, and PB 23, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 117th appearance.
Given that there have now been 423 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played 27.7% of the time.
The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 38 appearances, has played in 32.5% of the 117 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 8.98% of all 423 drawings. Like the {3-2-1} Pattern in Lotto Texas, both the {2-2-1-1} Pattern and the [2-1-2-1] General Order played October 16, 2019.
Now with five appearances, the 2 0 0 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 13.2% of the 38 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.27% of the 117 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.18% of all 423 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the 2 0 0 1 2 1 Specific Order played August 3, 2019.
Three-Number Combination(s)
The lone repeating Three-Number Combination was 12, 50, and 61.
This Combination debuted in the October 1, 2016 drawing.
Will either the {3-2-1} Pattern or the {2-2-1-1} Pattern make an encore Saturday night?