The calendar says Halloween is over, but on November 4, 2020, Halloween stuck around for Lotto Texas and Powerball! Both lotteries saw another visitation from their Saturday night Patterns and rather than fight the spirits, they made peace. Their reward was a boost in their jackpots, rising to $7.5 million and $149 million, respectively.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 8, 25, 26, 39, 52 and 54, the {3-2-1} Pattern made its 957th appearance.
There have now been 1809 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has played 52.9% of the time.
Now with 167 appearances, the 1 2 3 Specific Order has played in 17.5% of the 957 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1809 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.23% of the time.
The haunting of Lotto Texas was a double whammy. Both the {3-2-1} Pattern and the 1 2 3 Specific Order were last seen in the Halloween 2020 drawing.
Four-Number Combinations
The recurrence of the {3-2-1} Pattern and 1 2 3 Specific Order was accompanied by three repeating Four-Number Combinations!
- 25, 39, 52, 54 (Debuted February 18, 2009)
- 8, 25, 39, 52 (Debuted July 17, 2019)
- 8, 25, 26, 39 (Debuted January 8, 2014)
Were things just as hectic in Powerball?
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The {2-2-1-1} Pattern encore was made possible by 23, 32, 33, 45, 49 and PB 14. This Pattern has now played 148 times.
Of the 531 Powerball drawings, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern has played in 27.9% of them.
The [1-2-2-1] General Order, now with 46 appearances, has played in 31.1% of the 148 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 531 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 8.66% of the time.
Now with eight appearances, the 0 1 2 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 17.4% of the 46 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.41% of the 148 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.51% of all 531 drawings.
The ghost of Halloween wasn’t as powerful in Powerball. Although the Pattern made an encore, the General Order and Specific Order did not. However, these two were joined at the hip, for the [1-2-2-1] Pattern and the 0 1 2 2 0 1 Specific Order were last seen October 3, 2020.
Three-Number Combinations
Repeating Three-Number Combinations were absent Wednesday night.
Will the {3-2-1} and {2-2-1-1} Pattern stick around for Saturday night, or will they move on to the next world (at least until they play again)?