With more businesses closing and more people forced to stay home, Lotto Texas and Powerball are still stir-crazy. Repeating Four-Number Combinations reared their heads once again in Lotto Texas, and would you believe this frenzy spread to Powerball? This frantic embracement of repeating Four-Number Combinations led to more jackpot increases. Lotto Texas climbed to $9.75 million and Powerball settled at $150 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

March 21, 2020 saw the 192^nd appearance of the {4-1-1} Pattern, with winning numbers 3, 8, 14, 18, 27, and 47.

This Pattern has now played in 11% of the 1744 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen February 26, 2020.

Now with 62 appearances, the 4 1 1 Specific Order has played in 32.3% of the 192 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1744 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 3.56% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 4 1 1 Specific Order played February 12, 2020.

Four-Number Combination(s)

There was a reduction in the number of repeating Four-Number Combinations. Instead of five, you’ll need to settle for two:

• 8, 14, 27, 47 (Debuted February 20, 2013)
• 8, 14, 18, 27 (Debuted August 31, 2013)

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

March 21^st also saw the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern make its 181^st appearance. This time around, the winning numbers were 2, 23, 40, 59, 69, and PB 13.

There have now been 466 drawings and this Pattern has played 38.8% of the time. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern was last seen March 11, 2020.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 48 appearances, has played in 26.5% of the 181 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 466 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.3% of the time. We last saw the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order February 1, 2020.

Now with 15 appearances, the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 31.25% of the 48 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 8.29% of the 181 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 3.22% of all 466 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order played October 19, 2019.

Four-Number Combination

Powerball’s repeating Four-Number Combination was 23, 59, 69, and PB 13.

This Combination debuted January 14, 2017.

Three-Number Combinations

Of course, these repeating Three-Number Combinations tagged along! These debuted in the earlier-mentioned January 14^th drawing:

• 23, 59, 69
• 23, 59, PB 13
• 23, 69, PB 13
• 59, 69, PB 13

There was a lone repeating Three-Number Combination doing its thing: 23, 40, 69. This Combination debuted June 1, 2016.

From a similar spread in Powerball to a newfound love of repeating Four-Number Combinations in both lotteries, this has been quite a week! Will next week be more of the same or will another form of methodical madness take control?