It finally happened. After 8.5 months, Lotto Texas was brought down. Oh, don’t feel sorry for Lotto Texas; it had to happen sooner or later. Although both the {3-3} Pattern and the 3 3 0 Specific Order were a hit last time, they brought about the crash of September 30, 2020 and made a lone player from Seguin much richer. Mega Millions and Powerball hugged and high-fived each other, happy that the “uppity little lottery” was put back in its place. The prize was reset to $5 million.
Amidst the chaos, Powerball held strong. With the help of an Australia Play, its position in lottery high society was maintained. The jackpot increased to $41 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-3} Pattern made its 143rd appearance with winning numbers 4, 11, 16, 19, 27 and 30.
There have now been 1799 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has played 7.95% of the time.
Now with 45 appearances, the 3 3 0 Specific Order has played in 31.5% of the 143 drawings where {3-3} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1799 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 2.50% of the time.
Both the {3-3} Pattern and the 3 3 0 Specific Order were last seen September 26, 2020.
Similar Spread
What about a similar spread? That should’ve been enough to keep Lotto Texas in the good graces of lottery high society, right? No. No it wasn’t.
The spread for this past Wednesday night’s numbers was 07:05:03:08:03. This was similar to the spread from the November 1, 2000 drawing. That night, the winning numbers were 27, 30, 35, 38, 45 and 43, with the spread being 03:05:03:07:08. Different numbers played both nights but notice that the differences between numbers were the same, although in different orders.
Four-Number Combinations
A trio of repeating Four-Number Combinations were a part of the scene, one of which played twice before:
- 4, 11, 19, 27 (Debuted March 15, 2017)
- 4, 16, 19, 30 (Debuted March 29, 2014)
- 4, 11, 16, 27 (Debuted October 20, 2012 and previously played December 19, 2015)
Fine showings all around, but they just weren’t enough.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 14, 18, 36, 49, 67 and PB 18, an Australia Play made its 28th appearance.
Given that there have been 521 drawings, the {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and the 1 1 1 1 1 1 Specific Order have played 5.37% of the time. We last saw them in the May 9, 2020 drawing.
Three-Number Combinations
There was also room for two repeating Three-Number Combinations!
- 18, 67, PB 18 (Debuted April 11, 2018)
- 36, 67, PB 18 (Debuted January 25, 2020)
With Lotto Texas out of the way, Powerball can now focus on other things, like, “How long will it take to have a monster-sized jackpot?” It may a while yet but to Powerball, the natural order has been restored and all is right with the world.
As for Lotto Texas? Well, it had a taste of the high life, and it’s not going to let this setback get in the way! But we must get through Saturday’s drawing first. It isn’t likely that the {3-3} Pattern will make a three-peat, but it is 2020, after all. We’ll need to keep an eye on it!