Month: February 2021

The End-of-Month Combination Special: February 2021 Edition

Another February has come and gone. Lotto Texas and Powerball had the joint honor of bidding the month farewell in the February 27, 2021 drawing. Based on our analysis, it was anything but quiet! Neither lottery saw a jackpot winner, which led to bigger prizes heading into March. Lotto Texas grew to $6.25 million and Powerball grew to $123 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

For starters, Lotto Texas ended the month with an Australia Play. With winning numbers 5, 17, 23, 35, 41 and 54, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order made their 252nd appearance.

An Australia Play to end February! Source: lotterytrend.com.

There have now been 1842 Lotto Texas drawings, and an Australia Play has been featured 13.7% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the Australia Play was last seen February 13, 2021.

Four-Number Combinations

A couple of repeating Four-Number Combinations were bounding alongside the Australia Play:

  • 23, 35, 41, 54 (Debuted January 9, 2021)
  • 5, 23, 35, 41 (Debuted May 29, 2010)
Room for repeating Four-Number Combinations! Source: lotterytrend.com.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern streak came to fruition with winning numbers 2, 28, 31, 44, 52 and PB 18. Not only did this Pattern make its 215th appearance it played for the fourth time in a row.

Four cheers for the Pattern streak! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

There have now been 564 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has played 38.1% of the time. We last saw the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern February 24, 2021.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 60 appearances, has played in 27.9% of the 215 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 564 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.6% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order played January 16, 2021.

Now with 13 appearances, the 1 1 1 2 0 1 Specific Order has played in 21.7% of the 60 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 6.05% of the 215 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.30% of all 564 drawings. The 1 1 1 2 0 1 Specific Order was last seen January 9, 2021.

Three-Number Combinations  

There were also two repeating Three-Number Combinations:

A couple of repeating Three-Number Combinations. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern streak continue for Powerball Wednesday night?

“March”ing with a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern

March is just around the corner, and with it comes a change of seasons and changing the clock. After a historic February, we’ll be welcoming the warmer months with open arms!

In the lottery world, Mega Millions got ahead of the game. The lottery bid farewell to February by hitching a ride with its most common Pattern. This had the added effect of boosting the jackpot to $43 million.

General Lottery Analysis

February 26, 2021 saw the 283rd appearance of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern. The winning numbers were 11, 15, 37, 62, 64 and MB 5.

Playing it “safe” with the most common Pattern! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There have now been 649 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 43.6% of the time. Prior to Friday night, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern played February 16, 2021.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 65 appearances, has played in 23% of the 283 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 649 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Pattern has played 10% of the time. The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order was last seen in the January 1, 2021 drawing.

Now with 14 appearances, the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 21.5% of the 65 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.95% of the 283 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.16% of all 649 drawings. We last saw the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order in the November 24, 2020 drawing.

Three-Number Combinations

Four repeating Three-Number Combinations also came along for the ride:

A sea of repeating Three-Number Combinations! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Will the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern come back for an encore Tuesday night?

The Powerball Wednesday Night Three-Peat

February 24, 2021, belonged to Powerball. This lottery saw its jackpot cross over the $100 million threshold ($106 million), thanks to another repeat appearance by the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern. If you ever wondered why this Pattern is the most common in Powerball, thank repeats!

Lotto Texas, ever so classy, didn’t see a winner, either. As Powerball went about grandstanding, this lottery’s jackpot quietly rose to $6 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 973rd appearance with winning numbers 3, 7, 15, 30, 31 and 43.

An appearance by the most common Lotto Texas Pattern! Source: lotterytrend.com.

There have now been 1841 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has played 52.9% of the time. We last saw the {3-2-1} Pattern in the February 17, 2021 drawing.

Now with 173 appearances, the 3 2 1 Specific Order has played in 17.8% of the 973 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1841 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.40% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 3 2 1 Specific Order played January 16, 2021.

Four-Number Combinations

Repeating Four-Number Combination 3, 15, 31 and 43 debuted January 28, 2015.

A lone repeating Four-Number Combination! Source: lotterytrend.com.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 4, 33, 43, 53, 65 and PB 21, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern three-peat came to fruition!

Sticking with the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Now with 214 appearances, this Pattern has now played in 38% of the 563 Powerball drawings and was last seen February 20, 2021.

The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order, now with 44 appearances, has played in 20.6% of the 214 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 563 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 7.82% of the time. We last saw the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order February 6, 2021.

Now with 12 appearances, the 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order has played in 27.3% of the 44 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.61% of the 214 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.13% of all 563 drawings. The 1 0 1 2 1 1 Specific Order was last seen June 27, 2020.

Three-Number Combinations  

 There were two repeating Three-Number Combinations. Interestingly, they debuted one week apart!

A repeating Combination duo! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Will Saturday night be a Pattern repeat night for both Lotto Texas and Powerball?

Mega Millions Warms Up to a Pattern Encore

At this time last week, we were doing all that we could to stay warm and were ever grateful the pipes didn’t burst. Now, the snow and ice has melted, and it feels more like spring. Even though calendar-wise it’s only a few weeks away, this warmth is much-welcomed.

Believe it or not, a warm-up took place in Mega Millions, albeit a different kind. The February 23, 2021 drawing saw this lottery stick with the {3-1-1-1} Pattern. This gave the jackpot a boost to $30 million.

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern encore was made possible by winning numbers 5, 7, 9, 20, 57 and MB 15. This Pattern has now played 125 times!

Embracing the {3-1-1-1} Pattern! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There have now been 648 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 19.3% of the time. Recall that the {3-1-1-1} Pattern was last seen in the February 19, 2021 drawing.

The [3-1-1-1] General Order, now with 48 appearances, has played in 38.4% of the 125 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 648 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 7.41% of the time. We last saw the [3-1-1-1] General Order January 15, 2021.

Now with seven appearances, the 3 1 0 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 14.6% of the 48 drawings where the General Order was [3-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.6% of the 125 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.08% of all 648 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the 3 1 0 0 1 1 Specific Order played November 13, 2020.

Three-Number Combinations

Mega Millions was in the mood for taking it easy. There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations this time around.

Will the {3-1-1-1} Pattern stick around for Friday night’s drawing, or will Mega Millions have other plans?

The Good Kind of Encore

There are few things people ever want to relive. A devastating hurricane, for one. Sitting in a cold, dark house for nearly three days in subfreezing temperatures is another. On the opposite end of the spectrum are things so wonderful you want to relive them again, like winning a contest or lottery Pattern encores.

That last one wasn’t a typo.

Between Lotto Texas and Powerball, one of these lotteries saw a Pattern encore February 20, 2021. Now, both lotteries did see an increase in their jackpots. Lotto Texas rose to $5.75 million and Powerball ascended to $90 million. Which of these jokers saw the Pattern encore? Keep reading!

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 3, 8, 10, 11, 21 and 40, the {4-1-1} Pattern made its 201st appearance.

An encore? Not likely. Source: lotterytrend.com.

This Pattern has now played in 10.9% of the 1840 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen January 27, 2021.

Now with 66 appearances, the 4 1 1 Specific Order has played in 32.8% of the 201 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1840 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 3.59% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 4 1 1 Specific Order played December 5, 2020.

Four-Number Combinations

Repeating Four-Number Combinations were absent for Lotto Texas Saturday night.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

By process of elimination, it was Powerball that saw the Pattern encore! The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 213th appearance with 4, 8, 22, 32, 58 and PB 4.

Chugging along like nothing happened! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

There have now been 562 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has played 37.9% of the time. The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern was last seen February 17, 2021.

The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 56 appearances, has played in 26.3% of the 213 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 562 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.96% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order played September 19, 2020.

Now with 15 appearances, the 2 1 1 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 8.92% of the 56 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 7.04% of the 213 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.67% of all 562 drawings. The 2 1 1 0 1 1 Specific Order was last seen June 3, 2020.

Three-Number Combinations  

Two repeating Three-Number Combinations showed up, one of which played twice before!

Of course, there’s room for repeating Three-Number Combinations! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Will Wednesday’s drawing feature a three-peat appearance for Powerball’s {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern?

Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Mega Millions

Mega Millions waits for no man, or no blog, rather. Instead of eating king cake, listening to zydeco, and bringing you the latest analysis, we, along with millions of others, were sitting in the dark and working to keep warm. Now that our power has been restored, it’s back to business.

One thing that can be said about the Mardi Gras 2021 drawing is that someone from New Jersey (Joisey!) won the coveted $96 million and the lottery’s jackpot reset itself to $20 million. A Pattern encore wasn’t in the cards February 19, 2021 but Friday night didn’t disappoint if you like rising jackpots! And who doesn’t? With no one matching the six winning numbers, the prize jumped to $22 million.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 27, 32, 47, 50, 53 and MB 4, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 124th appearance.

No rest for Mega Millions! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There have now been 647 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 19.2% of the time. Prior to Friday night, this Pattern was last seen February 2, 2021.

The [1-1-3-1] General Order, now with 36 appearances, has played in 29% of the 124 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 647 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General order has played 5.56% of the time. We last saw the [1-1-3-1] General Order January 29, 2021.

Now with seven appearances, the 0 1 1 3 0 1 Specific Order has played in 19.4% of the 36 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-3-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.65% of the 124 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.08% of all 647 drawings. The 0 1 1 3 0 1 Specific Order was last seen July 3, 2020.

Three-Number Combinations

Repeating Three-Number Combination 27, 32 and 50 debuted October 16, 2020.

The lone repeating Three-Number Combo! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Will the {3-1-1-1} Pattern let the good times roll and come back for an encore Tuesday night?

Après la Neige (After the Snow)

A beautiful sight but a sad aftermath.

Hello, everyone. If you’ve been following our blog, there was no Mega Millions post. This is because we went close to three days without electricity. As for Lotto Texas and Powerball? We got our electricity back late last night and will not be able to provide analysis tonight. We’ll be bringing you the latest Mega Millions analysis in Saturday’s post.

Late Sunday night/early Monday morning, Texas was hit with snow and ice, plus record-low temperatures that hadn’t been seen in decades. The state’s power grid couldn’t handle the load and parts of it needed to be shut down. Otherwise, it would have spelled an even larger catastrophe.

Because of the refusal to properly winterize Texas’s power grid, millions were left cold, hungry and frustrated. As many dealt with (near) freezing temperatures in their homes and/or pipes that had burst, some lost their lives.

The saddest part is that all of this could have been avoided. As Texas continues to get back on its feet, keep us in your thoughts, y’all.

Fired Up Lotteries

February 13, 2021 was a bitterly cold night for so many people in Lottery Trend Country. Lotto Texas and Powerball, being lotteries and all, were immune and kept on trucking! As the temperature readings dropped, the jackpots rose. With no one picking the six winning numbers, the prizes jumped to $5.25 million and $66 million, respectively.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

Lotto Texas pushed through with an Australia Play. With winning numbers 1, 12, 26, 28, 42 and 48, that means both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order made their 251st appearance.

Warming up the night with an Australia Play! Source: lotterytrend.com.

There have now been 1838 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has played 13.7% of the time. It was exactly one month ago that an Australia Play was featured. That is to say, the January 13, 2021 drawing.

Four-Number Combinations

There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 158th appearance with winning numbers 20, 28, 33, 63, 68 and PB 20.

Keeping warm with a commonly played Pattern! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

There have now been 560 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has played 28.2% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern played February 3, 2021.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 52 appearances, has played in 32.9% of the 158 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 560 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.29% of the time. The [2-1-2-1] General Order was last seen December 9, 2020.

Now with six appearances, the 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 11.5% of the 52 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.80% of the 158 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.07% of all 560 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order played December 28, 2019.

Three-Number Combinations  

Repeating Three-Number Combination 20, 63 and 68 debuted May 13, 2017.

Room enough for a repeating Three-Number Combination! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Will Wednesday night mean the return of the Australia Play and/or the {2-2-1-1} Pattern?

3, 2, 1…and Combinations!

February 12, 2021 was a wild night for Mega Millions. For starters, it decided to go out on a date with one of its least commonly played Patterns. That sent players foaming at the mouth. However, the prize jumped to $96 million, so the foaming was short-lived.

The biggest draw of the evening was the appearance of six, yes six, repeating Three-Number Combinations! Was this by an assist from a repeating Four-Number Combo, or was it by something else? Let’s find out!

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 31st appearance with winning numbers 5, 14, 24, 25, 27 and MB 14.

Plenty of surprises with these numbers! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

There have now been 645 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has played 4.81% of the time.

The [2-3-1] General Order, now with 15 appearances, has played in 48.4% of the 31 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 645 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 2.33% of the time.

Prior to Friday night, both the {3-2-1} Pattern and the [2-3-1] General Order played October 20, 2020.

Now with two appearances, the 2 3 0 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 13.3% of the 15 drawings where the General Order was [2-3-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 6.45% of the 31 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.31% of all 645 drawings. The 2 3 0 0 0 1 Specific Order made its first appearance in the November 14, 2017 drawing.

Three-Number Combinations

The six repeating Three-Number Combinations were as follows:

Came of their own free will! Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

These Combinations came about by their own merits. No repeating Four-Number Combination needed!

Given the history of Mega Millions’ {3-2-1} Pattern, it isn’t likely that they’ll be together Tuesday night. If 2020 is anything to go by, then anything is possible!

The Blindsided Lottery

On this blog, we provide analysis on Lotto Texas, Powerball, and Mega Millions. One of these lotteries is not like the others. This lottery starts off with a lower initial jackpot and slowly, yet gracefully, increases its prize whenever players fail to pick the six winning numbers. When this lottery gets knocked down, it takes much longer to build its stores back up.

That lottery, friends, is Lotto Texas, and on February 10, 2021, that lottery got smacked down. The prize reset itself to $5 million, naturally. And, let’s be honest, $5 million is nothing to sneeze at.

The night was kinder to Powerball. Although there wasn’t a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore, this lottery received an assist from a similar spread. With that came a jackpot that rose to $56 million.

 Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-3} Pattern was what made one player from Baytown, TX $6.25 million richer. With winning numbers 26, 27, 34, 37, 48 and 53, this Pattern has played 148 times.

Back to $5 million! Source: lotterytrend.com.

There have now been 1837 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has played 8.06% of the time. We last saw the {3-3} Pattern December 26, 2020.

Now with 46 appearances, the 0 3 3 Specific Order has played in 31.1% of the 148 drawings where {3-3} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1837 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 2.50% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 0 3 3 Specific Order played April 15, 2020.

Four-Number Combinations

This blindside was too much for Lotto Texas to brush off. There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 15, 39, 58, 63, 67 and PB 7, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 110th appearance.

Providing Powerball’s jackpot a boost! Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

There have now been 559 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has played 19.7% of the time. We last saw the {3-1-1-1} Pattern January 30, 2021.

The [1-1-3-1] General Order, now with 38 appearances, has played in 34.5% of the 110 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 559 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 6.80% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the [1-1-3-1] General Order played January 20, 2021.

Now with three appearances, the 0 1 1 0 3 1 Specific Order has played in 7.89% of the 38 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-3-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 2.73% of the 110 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 559 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 0.54% of the time. The 0 1 1 0 3 1 Specific Order was last seen November 17, 2016.

Similar Spread

The spread for February 10th was 24:19:05:04. This is similar to what was seen November 10, 2018. That night, the winning numbers were 5, 29, 34, 53, 57 and PB 24; the spread was 24:05:19:04. Note how even though the differences between numbers were the same, their orders were different.

Three-Number Combinations  

There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations. A similar spread was enough excitement for Powerball!

Will Lotto Texas and Powerball stick with these Patterns as we head into Valentine’s weekend, or will they be dumped?