The first weekend of 2020 got off a quiet start in the lottery world. For instance, “sister” lottery Mega Millions went into hibernation mode this past Friday. The payoff was a larger jackpot heading into Tuesday. Now, how long that will last is anyone’s guess.

Lotto Texas and Powerball copied their “sister” and decided to take it easy. Powerball was able to exert a bit more energy though, with a couple of showings from repeating Three-Number Combinations. That was overshadowed by the jackpot rising to $258 million. Lotto Texas may have been at rest, but it wasn’t about to pass up the opportunity to send its jackpot to $16.5 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The January 4^th, 2020 drawing saw the 187^th appearance of the {4-1-1} Pattern, with winning numbers 17, 20, 21, 25, 27, and 44.

This Pattern has now played in 10.9% of the 1722 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen Christmas 2019.

Now with 62 appearances, the 1 4 1 Specific Order has played in 33.2% of the 187 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1722 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 3.6% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 4 1 Specific Order played June 26^th, 2019.

Four-Number Combination(s)

Keeping with the mood from Wednesday, there were no repeating Four-Number Combinations.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 1, 11, 21, 25, 54, and PB 7, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 124^th appearance.

There have now been 444 Powerball drawings and this Pattern has played in 27.9% of them. We last saw the {2-2-1-1} Pattern in the December 28^th, 2019 drawing.

The [2-2-1-1] General Order, now with 47 appearances, has played in 37.9% of the 124 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 444 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.6% of the time. The [2-2-1-1] General Order was last seen in the October 30^th, 2019 drawing.

Now with 10 appearances, the 2 2 0 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 21.3% of the 47 drawings where the General Order was [2-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 8.06% of the 124 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.25% of all 444 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 2 2 0 1 0 1 Specific Order was last seen August 24^th, 2019.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The two repeating Three-Number Combinations of the evening were

• 21, 54, PB 7 (Debuted January 27^th, 2018)
• 1, 25, 54 (Debuted November 9^th, 2016)

Will the jackpots rise once again after Wednesday’s drawings or will at least one of them be claimed?