‘Tis better to have been at the top and lost it, than to have never been at the top at all. At least, that’s the conclusion Lotto Texas came to after all that’s happened over the past 8.5 months. The road to $47 million will be an arduous one, though this past Saturday night was a step in the right direction. With no one matching the six winning numbers, the prize inched up to $5.25 million.

Powerball had reason to be excited. Lotto Texas was forced to reset, and the jackpot leapt from $43 million to $52 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

October 3, 2020 saw the 953^rd appearance of the {3-2-1} Pattern, with winning numbers 6, 13, 18, 26, 48 and 54.

This Pattern has now played in 52.9% of the 1800 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen September 19, 2020.

Now with 182 appearances, the 3 1 2 Specific Order has played in 19.1% of the 953 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1800 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 10.1% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 3 1 2 Specific Order played September 16, 2020.

Four-Number Combinations

A trio of repeating Four-Number Combinations were also sighted:

• 6, 13, 26, 54 (Debuted September 8, 2001)
• 6, 13, 18, 48 (Debuted September 26, 2018)
• 6, 13, 18, 26 (Debuted December 6, 2008)

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

October 3^rd also saw the {2-2-1-1} Pattern making its 145^th appearance. The winning numbers were 18, 31, 36, 43, 47 and PB 20.

This Pattern has now played in 27.8% of the 522 Powerball drawings.

The [1-2-2-1] General Order, now with 45 appearances, has played in 31% of the 145 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 522 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 8.62% of the time.

Both the {2-2-1-1} Pattern and the [1-2-2-1] General Order were last seen September 9, 2020.

Now with seven appearances, the 0 1 2 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 15.6% of the 45 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.83% of the 145 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.34% of all 522 drawings. The 0 1 2 2 0 1 Specific Order was last seen July 24, 2019.

Three-Number Combinations

There were two repeating Three-Number Combinations:

• 18, 36, PB 20 (Debuted February 13, 2016)
• 18, 36, 47 (Debuted March 13, 2019)

Will the jackpots for both Lotto Texas and Powerball continue to rise next week?