Today’s title means one of two things. Either Lottery Binge has decided to venture into the world of craft beer brewing (and should quit before even getting started) or there was an Australia Play and a Pattern encore. We’re going to go with the latter.

This past Wednesday night was also good for fans of repeating Four-Number and Three-Number Combinations. As busy as the night was, there were no grand prize winners in either lottery. Lotto Texas’s jackpot climbed to $5.5 million while Powerball waltzed into $373 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The winning numbers for January 22^nd, 2020 were 4, 13, 20, 35, 48, and 51. This marked the 235^th appearance of the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order. This would also make this the 235^th drawing in which an Australia Play was present.

There have now been 1727 Lotto Texas drawings and the Australia Play has appeared in 13.6% of them. Prior to Wednesday night, an Australia Play was seen October 30^th, 2019.

Four-Number Combinations

Hopping across the lottery plains were three repeating Four-Number Combinations:

• 4, 13, 35, 48 (Debuted February 14^th, 2009)
• 4, 13, 20, 48 (Debuted February 7^th, 2015)
• 13, 20, 35, 48 9Debuted April 17^th, 2013)

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Fresh from this past Saturday night, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made an encore appearance! With winning numbers 11, 33, 44, 59, 67, and PB 8, this Pattern made its 174^th appearance.

This Pattern has played in 38.8% of the 449 Powerball drawings.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 46 appearances, has played in 26.4% of the 174 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 449 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.2% of the time. We last saw the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order December 7^th, 2019.

Now with five appearances, the 1 0 1 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 10.9% of the 46 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 2.87% of the 174 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.11% of all 449 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the 1 0 1 1 2 1 Specific Order played January 12^th, 2019.

Three-Number Combination(s)

There were two repeating Three-Number Combinations:

• 33, 44, PB 8 (Debuted August 17^th, 2016)
• 33, 59, PB 8 (Debuted April 6^th, 2019)

Will a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern three-peat in Powerball send its jackpot to $400 million or close to it? Could Lotto Texas see an Australia Play encore?