Who would ever think this little guy here has the power to predict the arrival of spring?

At least, that’s what legend says. Should a groundhog see his shadow on February 2^nd, that means six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t, then spring is right around the corner. Calendar aside, Phil saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter.

Meanwhile, the lottery groundhog predicted at least six more weeks of lotteries. With February 2, 2022 falling on a Wednesday, that meant the Groundhog Day honors went to Lotto Texas and Powerball. These lotteries were in the business of boosting their jackpots and to do that, they ditched their respective Australia Plays. When all was said and done, the jackpots rose to $8.5 million and $137 million, respectively.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With 6, 10, 12, 21, 27 and 44, the {3-2-1} Pattern made its 1035^th appearance.

This Pattern has now played in 52.7% of the 1963 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen January 24, 2022.

Now with 183 appearances, the 3 2 1 Specific Order has played in 17.7% of the 1035 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1963 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.32% of the time. The 3 2 1 Specific Order was last seen December 1, 2021.

Four-Number Combination(s)

A trio of repeating Four-Number Combinations came up from their burrow. One was so special that it already played twice before!

• 12, 21, 27, 44 (Debuted April 2, 2003 and was last seen December 30, 2009)
• 6, 21, 27, 44 (Debuted December 26, 2015)
• 10, 12, 21, 44 (Debuted October 13, 2021)

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 195^th appearance with 18, 29, 33, 62, 63 and PB 15.

There have now been 685 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern has played 28.5% of the time.

The [1-2-2-1] General Order, now with 65 appearances, has played in 33.3% of the 195 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 685 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.49% of the time.

Prior to Wednesday night, both the {2-2-1-1} Pattern and the [1-2-2-1] General Order played January 24, 2022.

Now with seven appearances, the 0 1 2 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 10.8% of the 65 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.59% of the 195 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.02% of all 685 drawings. We last saw the 0 1 2 0 2 1 Specific Order in the February 22, 2020 drawing.

Three-Number Combinations

Repeating Three-Number Combinations did not disappoint:

• 18, 29, PB 15 (Debuted October 5, 2016)
• 62, 63, PB 15 (Debuted June 27, 2018)
• 33, 62, PB 15 (Debuted May 24, 2017)

Do Pattern encores await us Saturday, or will other Patterns take the reins?