The unofficial motto of the United States Postal Service (USPS) boils down to this: Nothing can keep a good postal worker down. Well, almost nothing. Postal workers are human after all and like any human, they fall prey to illness, injury, and let’s not forget human error. Deliveries can and do get delayed if Mother Nature doesn’t play nice.
Lotteries are immune to the things that plague humans. Powerball laughs in the face of sick days, and along with its “siblings” Lotto Texas and Mega Millions, keeps on ticking in the face of floods and power outages. Lotteries, see, are often the ones stirring up the trouble, what with Pattern streaks, playbacks, and so forth. While these were absent July 21, 2021, there was a Pattern encore, an important steppingstone in the creation of said Pattern streaks. Both Lotto Texas and Powerball saw their respective jackpots climb to $8.25 million and $174 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-2-1} Pattern came back for the encore with winning numbers 11, 23, 30, 40, 45 and 48. This Pattern has now played 993 times.
There have now been 1883 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has played 52.7% of the time. Recall that the {3-2-1} Pattern was last seen July 17, 2021.
Now with 171 appearances, the 1 2 3 Specific Order has played in 17.2% of the 993 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1883 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.08% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 1 2 3 Specific Order played January 30, 2021.
Four-Number Combinations
Repeating Four-Number Combination 11, 30, 40, and 45 debuted March 6, 2002.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 27, 28, 44, 67, 68 and PB 11, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 174th appearance.
This Pattern has now played in 28.8% of the 605 Powerball drawings and was last seen July 14, 2021.
The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 56 appearances, has played in 32.2% of the 174 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 605 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.26% of the time. We last saw the [2-1-2-1] General Order May 1, 2021.
Now with seven appearances, the 0 2 0 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 12.5% of the 56 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.02% of the 174 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.16% of all 605 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the 0 2 0 1 2 1 Specific Order played March 18, 2020.
Three-Number Combinations
A couple of repeating Three-Number Combinations were present:
- 27, 28, PB 11 (Debuted November 13, 2019)
- 27, 67, PB 11 (Debuted September 14, 2019)
Will Saturday night feature a Pattern three-peat for Lotto Texas, and will Powerball’s {2-2-1-1} return?