A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, as they say. Looking at the results of August 8, 2020, the chains of Lotto Texas and Powerball held strong. So strong, in fact, that not one player could break the chains and free the jackpots. Lotto Texas, still on its high, settled on $31.25 million and Powerball climbed to $169 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 3, 13, 18, 23, 33 and 42, the {3-2-1} Pattern made its 947th appearance.
This Pattern has now played in 53.1% of the 1784 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen August 1, 2020.
Now with 171 appearances, the 3 2 1 Specific Order has played in 18.1% of the 947 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1784 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.59% of the time. We last saw the 3 2 1 Specific Order June 24, 2020.
Four-Number Combinations
Repeating Four-Number Combinations were in short supply.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 99th appearance with 2, 3, 14, 40, 51 and PB 24.
There have now been 506 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has played 19.6% of the time. The {3-1-1-1} Pattern was last seen July 29, 2020.
The [3-1-1-1] General Order, now with 28 appearances, has played in 28.3% of the 99 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 506 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 5.53% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the [3-1-1-1] General Order played June 24, 2020.
Now with two (yes, two) appearances, the 3 0 1 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 7.14% of the 28 drawings where the General Order was [3-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 2.02% of the 99 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.40% of all 506 drawings. The 3 0 1 1 0 1 Specific Order made its first appearance September 26, 2018.
Three-Number Combination(s)
A couple of repeating Three-Number Combinations managed to play, despite the madness:
- 2, 3, 40 (Debuted February 10, 2016)
- 2, 3, PB 24 (Debuted October 26, 2016)
Will the chains of Lotto Texas and Powerball grow even stronger next week, or will at least one of them break, spilling forth jackpot goodies?