Great changes came about in the lottery world Saturday night. Lotto Texas, lest it start to think too highly of itself, was knocked back down to earth. Naturally, the jackpot reset to $5 million. The greatest shift was in Powerball. Out of the madness of an Australia Play came a similar spread, an entourage of repeating Three-Number Combinations, and a jackpot that grew to $238 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
September 17, 2022 was the night of the {3-2-1} Pattern, with winning numbers 5, 9, 18, 22, 35 and 48. This Pattern has now played 1087 times.
There have now been 2060 Lotto Texas drawings, and the {3-2-1} Pattern has been featured 52.8% of the time. This Pattern was last seen September 7, 2022.
Now with 193 appearances, the 3 2 1 Specific Order has played in 17.8% of the 1087 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 2060 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.37% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 3 2 1 Specific Order played August 29, 2022.
Four-Number Combinations
Having been forced to reset the jackpot left Lotto Texas in no mood for repeating Four-Number Combinations.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Powerball decided to take a cue from Lotto Texas with an Australia Play of its own. Thanks to 5, 25, 36, 51, 61 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 48th appearance.
An Australia Play has been featured in 6.14% of the 782 Powerball drawings and was last seen August 22, 2022.
Similar Spread
“Grand” best described September 17th’s Australia Play, and what better demonstration than a similar spread? Saturday night’s numbers had a spread of 20:11:15:10. Similarly, the September 2, 2017 drawing had a spread of 15:20:11:10. That night, the winning numbers were 6, 21, 41, 52, 62 and PB 26. Although the differences between numbers were the same, the orders in which the numbers played, and the numbers themselves, were different.
Three-Number Combinations
All right, all right, there was another grand event that came from Saturday night’s Australia Play. Can you say four repeating Three-Number Combinations?
- 51, 61, PB 1 (Debuted December 18, 2021)
- 36, 51, 61 (Debuted August 18, 2021)
- 5, 51, 61 (Debuted March 13, 2021)
- 5, 36, 61 (Debuted July 25, 2020)
Is a jackpot reset in store for Powerball this September, and will the Australia Play return?