And so, we’ve finally arrived. Merry Christmas, everyone! Stay warm and be kind to one another. For anyone reading from the Southern Hemisphere, stay cool, stay hydrated, and be kind to one another.
Remember back when you were a kid and your parents told you to eat your vegetables before dessert? Strangely, Christmas Eve is somewhat like that. Christmas is the holiday of holidays, religious connotations aside. To ease our minds off the desire to open presents early, Christmas specials and movies seem to do the trick. Even better if those are marathons! This year, those who were looking for other Christmas entertainment took part in either Lotto Texas or Powerball, hoping for extremely good fortunes before Christmas. The problem is that these lotteries didn’t want to share.
Christmas Eve 2022 would be a night of two lotteries doing all they could to prevent their prizes from being won. No grand plays were needed to send the Lotto Texas jackpot to $24.5 million and Powerball’s to $201 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 1110th appearance with 5, 6, 9, 21, 26 and 42.
This Pattern has now played in 52.8% of the 2102 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen December 17, 2022.
Now with 197 appearances, the 3 2 1 Specific Order has played in 17.7% of the 1110 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 2102 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 November 19, 2022.
Four-Number Combination
Repeating Four-Number Combination 6, 9, 26 and 42 debuted June 28, 2014.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
This past week was the week for the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern to shine! This Pattern returned with 17, 37, 46, 54, 67 and PB 8, making this the 325th appearance.
There have now been 824 Powerball drawings, and the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern has played 39.4% of the time. Recall that December 21, 2022 was the last time this Pattern appeared.
The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order, now with 68 appearances, has played in 20.9% of the 325 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 824 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 8.25% of the time.
Now with 10 appearances, the 0 1 1 2 1 1 Specific Order has played in 14.7% of the 68 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.08% of the 325 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.21% of all 824 drawings.
Both the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order and the 0 1 1 2 1 1 Specific Order played December 12, 2021.
Three-Number Combinations
Repeating Three-Number Combination 37, 46 and PB 8 debuted June 28, 2017.
There appears to a conspiracy afoot in the lottery world. Instead of giving the gift of millions over Christmas, are they waiting until New Year’s?