Either there’s a new bug going around the lottery world, or the lotteries share the same New Year’s resolution. What we’re referring to is the persistence of rising jackpots. Since the last few months of 2022, Mega Millions, Lotto Texas, and Powerball’s prizes kept rising. Mega Millions crossed the $1 billion threshold Friday, and although Lotto Texas and Powerball’s jackpots weren’t nearly as large, the hype was there all the same.
Neither the Lotto Texas nor Powerball jackpots could be brought down Saturday night. Nothing truly out of the ordinary was needed to boost their respective jackpots to $29.25 million and $340 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
January 7, 2023 featured the 1113th appearance of the {3-2-1} Pattern. The winning numbers were 1, 15, 16, 30, 49, and 51.
This Pattern has now played in 52.8% of the 2108 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen December 28, 2022.
Now with 208 appearances, the 3 1 2 Specific Order has played in 18.7% of the 1113 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 2108 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.87% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 3 1 2 Specific Order played December 14, 2022.
Four-Number Combinations
Repeating Four-Number Combination 16, 30, 49 and 51 debuted February 5, 2022.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
January 7th also featured the 239th appearance of the {2-2-1-1} Pattern with 35, 36, 44, 45, 67 and PB 14.
This Pattern has now played in 28.8% of the 830 Powerball drawings and was last seen December 28, 2022.
The [2-2-1-1] General Order, now with 82 appearances, has played in 34.3% of the 239 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 830 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.88% of the time. November 23, 2022 was the last time the [2-2-1-1] General Order played.
Now with 10 appearances, the 0 0 2 2 1 1 Specific Order has played in 12.2% of the 82 drawings where the General Order was [2-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.18% of the 239 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.20% of all 830 drawings. The 0 0 2 2 1 1 Specific Order was last seen October 18, 2021.
Three-Number Combinations
Nothing says momentum like four repeating Three-Number Combinations!
- 36, 44, PB 14 (Debuted July 22, 2020)
- 36, 45, PB 14 (Debuted March 13, 2019)
- 35, 67, PB 14 (Debuted December 21, 2019)
- 35, 45, PB 14 (Debuted December 5, 2022)
So far, nothing has stopped the jackpots’ growth. Could we see record-breaking jackpots, or will they be brought down soon?