It’s that time of year again! All the pumpkin spice-themed food and accessories, not to mention actual pumpkins, candy sales, and decorations mean one thing: Halloween is upon us. Now, lotteries don’t go bump in the night or suck your blood, but they can and do have the power to scare. After all, the prospect of winning millions of dollars is both exciting and terrifying, isn’t it? Want to know what else is terrifying? When lotteries don’t let anyone take off with their jackpots, especially if you don’t know how they did it. How a lottery dashes dreams of overnight riches changes up; fun to keep the players on their toes, after all.
October 20, 2021 meant rising jackpots for both Lotto Texas and Powerball. Through the power of a double encore and an assist from repeating Three and Four-Number Combinations, their respective jackpots climbed to $7 million and $86 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
Fresh from Monday night, the {3-2-1} Pattern came back for more with winning numbers 10, 12, 22, 37, 50 and 52. This Pattern has now played 1010 times!
There have now been 1918 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has played 52.7% of the time.
Want to know who else just played this past Monday? The 2 1 3 Specific Order, that’s who! Now with 150 appearances, this Specific Order has played in 14.9% of the 1010 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1918 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 7.82% of the time. Note that a playback in Lotto Texas means the Pattern and the Specific Order played together on a previous date. That previous date, of course, was October 18, 2021.
Four-Number Combinations
The madness of a playback wasn’t enough for Lotto Texas. Three repeating Four-Number Combinations also wanted in:
- 10, 12, 50, 52 (Debuted June 19, 2021)
- 10, 22, 50, 52 (Debuted July 15, 2017)
- 12, 22, 37, 52 (Debuted January 29, 2013)
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Powerball took a quieter approach Wednesday night. With winning numbers 7, 29, 36, 41, 43 and PB 5, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 117th appearance.
There have now been 640 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has played 18.3% of the time. The {3-1-1-1} Pattern was last seen September 29, 2021.
The [1-3-1-1] General Order, now with 41 appearances, has played in 35% of the 117 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 640 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 6.41% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the [1-3-1-1] General Order played September 11, 2021.
Now with four appearances, the 1 0 3 1 0 1 Specific Order played in 9.76% of the 41 drawings where the General Order was [1-3-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.42% of the 117 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.625% of all 640 drawings. We last saw the 1 0 3 1 0 1 Specific Order July 29, 2020.
Three-Number Combinations
Repeating Three-Number Combination 7, 29 and 41 debuted September 24, 2016.
Will there be more playback action Saturday night and with rising jackpots?