Lotto Texas and Powerball took things down a notch Saturday night. For starters, the former didn’t see an Australia Play return, and the latter didn’t go as crazy on the repeating Three-Number Combinations as it did last time. Nevertheless, the momentum of rising jackpots was still present. Lotto Texas, with an assist from a not-so-common Pattern, pushed the jackpot to $6.5 million. Powerball also went with the root of playing an uncommonly seen Pattern and sent its jackpot to $65 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
October 16, 2021 saw the 205th appearance of the {4-2} Pattern, with winning numbers 26, 27, 32, 36, 37, and 42.
This Pattern has now played in 10.7% of the 1916 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen September 29, 2021.
Now with 39 appearances, the 0 4 2 Specific Order has played in 19% of the 205 drawings where {4-2} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1916 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 2.04% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 0 4 2 Specific Order played July 28, 2021.
Similar Spread
Before we get to the repeating Four-Number Combinations (mild spoiler: there was one), we need to talk about the similar spread. Saturday night’s numbers had a spread of 01:05:04:01:05. This was similar to what was seen back on May 4, 2002. Then, the winning numbers were 4, 5, 10, 11, 16 and 20, and their spread was 01:05:01:05:04. Even though the differences between the numbers played were the same, note that the order in which they played is different.
Four-Number Combinations
Repeating Four-Number Combination 26, 27, 36 and 37 debuted May 12, 2010.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Powerball’s {4-1-1} Pattern saw its 18th appearance with 30, 31, 41, 42, 48 and PB 3.
There have now been 638 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has played 2.82% of the time. We last saw the {4-1-1} Pattern May 8, 2021.
The [4-1-1] General Order, now with eight appearances, has played in 44.4% of the 18 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 638 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 1.25% of the time. The [4-1-1] General Order was last seen September 5, 2020.
Making its first-ever appearance (in Powerball, at least) was the 0 0 4 1 0 1 Specific Order! With that said, this Specific Order has now played in 12.5% of the eight drawings where the General Order was [4-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.56% of the 18 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.16% of the 638 Powerball drawings.
Three-Number Combinations
Repeating Three-Number Combination 30, 41 and 48 debuted March 15, 2017 and was last seen February 16, 2019.
Will either of these uncommonly played Patterns show up again in Monday night’s drawing?