The Reigning Combination Affliction

Last time we saw our dear friends Lotto Texas and Powerball, there were mutterings of a conspiracy amongst them. Both lotteries took it upon themselves to bombard everyone with repeating Combinations aplenty. Based off what happened April 30, 2022, the word “conspiracy” caught one lottery off-guard. In contrast to earlier in the week, this lottery took it down a notch. Meanwhile, the other lottery didn’t care a whit, further delving into the madness. Both Lotto Texas and Powerball saw their respective jackpots climb to $11.25 million and $27 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

Lotto Texas reached a milestone Saturday night: its 2000^th drawing with balls 1 – 54! With it came the 220^th {4-1-1} Pattern. The winning numbers were 1, 8, 13, 18, 34 and 45.

This Pattern has now played in 11% of the 2000 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen April 23, 2022.

Now with 72 appearances, the 4 1 1 Specific Order has played in 32.7% of the 220 drawings where {4-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 2000 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 3.6% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 4 1 1 Specific Order played November 17, 2021.

Five-Number Combination

Lotto Texas saw fit to commemorate the 2000^th drawing with another repeating Five-Number Combination!

• 8, 13, 18, 34, 45 (Debuted January 18, 2012)

Four-Number Combinations

Naturally, there were five repeating Four-Number Combinations:

• 8, 18, 34, 45
• 13, 18, 34, 45
• 8, 13, 34, 45
• 8, 13, 18, 45
• 8, 13, 18, 34

All the above Combinations debuted in the January 18, 2012 drawing.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Powerball took it a down a notch, opting for an Australia Play. Thanks to 14, 21, 37, 44, 63 and PB 1, the {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and the 1 1 1 1 1 1 Specific Order made their 44^th appearance together.

An Australia Play has been featured in 6.09% of the 722 Powerball drawings and was last seen March 9, 2022.

Three-Number Combinations

Repeating Three-Number Combination 21, 37 and 44 debuted November 26, 2016.

As Lotto Texas and Powerball make way for May, will Lotto Texas continue to embrace the way of the repeating Five-Number Combination?