We’ve all been told (or should have been told) to never judge a book by its cover. That piece of advice must always be considered when performing lottery analysis. On the surface, both Lotto Texas and Powerball’s six numbers are unassuming. After all, they’re just numbers.
Well, this past Saturday saw a monstrous jackpot grow even larger, a Pattern encore, and a similar spread. The jackpot climbed to $5.25 million in Lotto Texas and $343 million in Powerball. Just numbers, indeed!
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The January 18, 2020 Lotto Texas drawing saw an encore for the {4-1-1} Pattern! This Pattern made its 189th appearance with winning numbers 17, 20, 27, 33, 35, and 45.
This Pattern has now played in 11% of the 1726 drawings and was last seen January 15, 2020.
Now with 63 appearances, the 1 4 1 Specific Order has played in 33.3% of the 189 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1726 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 3.65% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 4 1 Specific Order played January 4, 2020.
Similar Spread
The {4-1-1} Pattern encore wasn’t the only Lotto Texas highlight. A similar spread was nestled inside! The spread for Saturday night was 03:07:06:02:10. On June 18, 2011, the winning numbers were 22, 29, 35, 37, 40, and 50, and the spread was 07:06:02:03:10. When you see a similar spread remember this sage advice: The differences between drawn numbers are the same, but their orders are different.
Four-Number Combinations
Saturday night was sans-repeating Four-Number Combinations.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The night of January 18th also saw the 173rd appearance of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern, with winning numbers 20, 24, 38, 56, 68, and PB 18.
This Pattern has now played in 38.6% of the 448 Powerball drawings and was last seen January 11, 2020.
The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 47 appearances, has played in 27.2% of the 173 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 10.5% of all 448 drawings. The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order was last seen Christmas 2019.
Now with eight appearances, the 0 2 1 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 17% of the 47 drawings where the General Order is [2-1-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.62% of the 173 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.79% of all 448 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 0 2 1 1 1 1 Specific Order played March 27, 2019.
Three-Number Combination(s)
There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations this time.
Going into next week, we’ll need to keep an eye out for Powerball. That beast of a jackpot will get toppled sometime, but will it be Wednesday night, and with a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore? Meanwhile, the {4-1-1} Pattern isn’t known to make three-peats in Lotto Texas, but nothing seems too out of the ordinary for these lotteries!