Spreading Saturday Cheer

Both Lotto Texas and Powerball had the honor of ringing in December. Yes, folks, we’re in the home stretch, and soon we’ll be seeing 2021 in the rear-view mirror! Ironically, lotteries help propel our dreams for the future by drawing heavily on the past.

December 1, 2021 was a night that resembled this past Saturday. Both Patterns featured that night returned Wednesday, and one lottery saw a similar spread. By drawing from the recent past, the future jackpots for Lotto Texas and Powerball rose to $11.5 million and $278 million, respectively.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 1021st appearance with winning numbers 6, 9, 13, 27, 33 and 41.

Saturday’s Pattern served up on Wednesday. Source: lotterytrend.com.

There have now been 1936 Lotto Texas drawings, and this Pattern has now played 52.7% of the time. We last saw the {3-2-1} Pattern November 27, 2021.

Now with 182 appearances, the 3 2 1 Specific Order has played in 17.8% of the 1021 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1936 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.4% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 3 2 1 Specific Order played October 2, 2021.

Similar Spread

Wednesday night’s numbers had a spread of 03:04:14:06:08. A spread that was much like this took place in what, in lottery terms, may as well be the distant past. On May 16, 2001, the spread was 04:14:03:06:08, produced by winning numbers 15, 19, 33, 36, 42 and 50. Whether it was twenty weeks ago or twenty years ago, a similar spread will feature differences in numbers that are the same yet in different orders. Of course, the numbers played those nights are likely to be different as well.

Four-Number Combinations

Repeating Four-Number Combination 6, 9, 13 and 41 debuted June 20, 2001.

Still good twenty years later! Source: lotterytrend.com.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 12, 15, 38, 57, 63 and PB 24, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 258th appearance.

Another Saturday helping. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has now played in 39.2% of the 658 Powerball drawings.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 75 appearances, has played in 29.1% of the 258 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 658 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 11.4% of the time.

Both the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern and the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order were last seen November 27, 2021.

Now with 23 appearances, the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 30.7% of the 75 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 8.91% of the 258 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 3.50% of all 658 drawings. The 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order was last seen November 24, 2021.

Three-Number Combinations  

Repeating Three-Number Combination 57, 63 and PB 24 debuted June 14, 2017.

Saving the repeating Three-Number Combination for the top listing. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

December has only begun, and it looks like Powerball may be setting up for an explosive Christmas jackpot. Lotto Texas is nothing to sneeze at, either! Will either the {3-2-1} or the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern return Saturday night and send the jackpots upward or give someone an early Christmas gift?

The Holiday Pattern Shift

The shift into Christmas doesn’t just mean a shift in holidays; a change of seasons is also afoot. In our neck of the woods, fall is falling by the wayside and winter is starting to make a stake, even if it doesn’t necessarily feel like winter outside. Just as Mother Nature does what she wants, lotteries also have a way of doing things.

Mega Millions decided to shake things up Tuesday night. Instead of continuing the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern streak, November 30, 2021 saw another Pattern go up to bat. This sent the jackpot up to $112 million.

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 7, 8, 26, 30, 39 and MB 17, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 203rd appearance.

There have now been 728 Mega Millions drawings, and this Pattern has now played 27.9% of the time. We last saw the {2-2-1-1} Pattern November 9, 2021.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 64 appearances, has played in 31.5% of the 203 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 728 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 8.79% of the time. November 2, 2021 was the last time the [2-1-2-1] General Order played.

Now with seven appearances, the 2 1 2 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 10.9% of the 64 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.45% of the 203 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.96% of all 728 drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, the 2 1 2 0 0 1 Specific Order played October 5, 2021.

Three-Number Combinations

A quartet of repeating Three-Number Combinations hit the scene:

Funny enough, the winning numbers for May 11, 2021 were 7, 8, 20, 36, 39 and MB 22. It was almost as if for Tuesday night, the last two digits were switched on the middle two numbers. That is, instead of 20 and 36, we saw 26 and 30.

Will the {2-1-2-1} Pattern return Friday night?