The lottery is a sport of a different kind. No hours of training are necessary, and you don’t need to stick to a strict diet as you would with other sports. All you need is a few dollars, a ticket, picking six numbers, and a strategy. Pick the right ones, and you’ll soar into a (hopefully) less stressful life.
Lotteries themselves, like Lotto Texas and Powerball, take part in games of their own. A favorite of theirs is playing “Keep Away”, also known as, “How to drive players mad whilst increasing the jackpot?” On July 31, 2021, they succeeded in giving their jackpots a boost. Lotto Texas soared to $9 million, and Powerball leapt past the $200 million line to $211 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-2-1} Pattern, with 2, 6, 10, 20, 21 and 53, made its 994th appearance.
This Pattern has now played in 52.7% of the 1886 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen July 21, 2021.
Now with 177 appearances, the 3 2 1 Specific Order has played in 17.8% of the 994 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1886 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.38% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 3 2 1 Specific Order played May 1, 2021.
Four-Number Combinations
While caught up in the euphoria of having successfully thwarted the humans, a couple of repeating Four-Number Combinations rolled out:
- 2, 6, 20, 53 (Debuted July 27, 2019)
- 2, 10, 21, 53 (Debuted June 21, 2014)
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Powerball may have borrowed a few pointers from Mega Millions. With winning numbers 1, 21, 22, 34, 47 and PB 4, Powerball’s {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made an encore and with it, its 231st appearance!
There have now been 608 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has played 38% of the time. We last saw the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern July 28, 2021.
The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order, now with 62 appearances, has played in 26.8% of the 231 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 608 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.2% of the time. The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order was last seen July 3, 2021.
Now with 12 appearances, the 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 19.4% of the 62 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.19% of the 231 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.97% of all 608 drawings. We last saw the 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order May 12, 2021.
Three-Number Combinations
Along the way to $211 million, Powerball tagged a trio of repeating Three-Number Combinations:
- 1, 21, 47 (Debuted April 25, 2020)
- 21, 22, 47 (Debuted September 5, 2020)
- 1, 22, PB 4 (Debuted March 20, 2021)
Lotto Texas may not have a {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern of its own, but it does have the {3-2-1} Pattern. This, of course, is Lotto Texas’s most commonly played Pattern, and it too is known for encores. Will we see more of both the {3-2-1} and {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern this week?