Playing the lottery is like a game of cat-and-mouse. Players are after the big bucks, and the lottery itself is avoiding capture for as long as possible. Although no one would turn their nose up at $50 million, just about everyone would salivate at the potential to win $200 million or even $1 billion!
A billion-dollar jackpot is a ways off. In any case, fortune smiled upon Lotto Texas and Powerball Wednesday night. That good fortune, of course, was not getting caught! This opened a golden opportunity to boost their jackpots and getting the players psyched up to try again. Lotto Texas clocked in at $8.75 million and Powerball at $199 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
On July 28, 2021, the {4-2} Pattern made its 203rd appearance with 22, 25, 29, 30, 38 and 48.
This Pattern has now played in 10.8% of the 1885 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen June 19, 2021.
Now with 38 appearances, the 0 4 2 Specific Order has played in 18.7% of the 203 drawings where {4-2} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1885 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 2.02% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 0 4 2 Specific Order played November 18, 2020.
Four-Number Combinations
Content with such good fortune, Lotto Texas didn’t see a need to push repeating Four-Number Combinations.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
July 28th also saw the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern. With winning numbers 25, 30, 53, 59, 60 and PB 5, this Pattern has now played 230 times.
There have now been 607 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has played 37.9% of the time. We last saw the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern July 17, 2021.
The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 63 appearances, has played in 27.4% of the 230 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 607 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.4% of the time.
Now with 13 appearances, the 0 1 1 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 20.6% of the 63 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.65% of the 230 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.14% of all 607 drawings.
Both the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order and the 0 1 1 1 2 1 Specific Order played June 30, 2021.
Three-Number Combinations
Repeating Three-Number Combination 25, 60 and PB 5 debuted March 23, 2019.
Will Saturday night see the return of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern in Powerball, and could either lottery see a playback?