It’s that time of year again! Summer is right around the corner, and with all that’s happened these past few months, everyone is itching to get back to some sense of “normalcy”. The easing of stay-at-home orders is scratching that itch, and what went down May 16, 2020 showed that humans weren’t the only ones who can’t bear to be cooped up for long!
Lotto Texas and Powerball put on their masks and went out and about. All that pent-up energy led to one lottery coming this close to seeing a playback, while another saw a Pattern encore and a similar spread. There were no grand prize winners produced in this madness, and the jackpots climbed once again. Lotto Texas’s jackpot rose to $16.25 million while Powerball’s jumped to $95 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
Fresh from this past Wednesday, the {3-2-1} Pattern came back for an encore. With winning numbers 2, 17, 31, 33, 34 and 37, this Pattern made its 932nd appearance.
There have now been 1760 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has now played 53% of the time.
Now with 154 appearances, the 2 3 1 Specific Order has played in 16.5% of the 932 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1760 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 8.75% of the time. We last saw the 2 3 1 Specific Order in the April 8, 2020 drawing.
Similar Spread
Saturday’s numbers had the spread of 15:14:02:01:03. This spread is similar to the one that was seen almost seven years ago in the June 8, 2013 drawing. That night, the winning numbers were 14, 28, 29, 44, 46 and 49. The spread was 14:01:15:02:03.
It’s best to remember that when dealing with similar spreads that despite the differences between played numbers being the same, the order in which the numbers played on those nights was different.
Four-Number Combination(s)
Lotto Texas had enough room for three repeating Four-Number Combinations:
- 2, 17, 33, 37 (Debuted June 5, 2002)
- 31, 33, 34, 37 (Debuted October 6, 2010)
- 2, 31, 33, 34 (Debuted November 6, 2002)
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 8, 12, 26, 39, 42 and PB 11, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 134th appearance.
This Pattern has now played in 27.8% of the 482 Powerball drawings and was last seen April 8, 2020.
The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 44 appearances, has played in 32.8% of the 134 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 482 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.13% of the time.
Now with seven appearances, the 2 1 2 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 15.9% of the 44 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.22% of the 134 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.45% of all 482 drawings.
Both the [2-1-2-1] General Order and the 2 1 2 0 0 1 Specific Order were last seen in the March 25, 2020 drawing.
Three-Number Combination(s)
The repeating Three-Number Combination 8, 12 and 42 debuted January 2, 2019.
With the onward march to summer, will the jackpots continue their rise? Is Lotto Texas gearing up for another {3-2-1} Pattern streak?