Roadblocks, setbacks, whatever you want to call them, are a fact of live. We’ve all had projects that didn’t go according to plan, or things that didn’t fall into place the way we wanted them to. For lotteries, it’s a bit more complicated. Sure, they want people to win their prizes, but not too soon. Take Lotto Texas and Powerball for example. According to them, two , three, or even four months is “too soon”.
As of the January 18, 2023 drawing, Mega Millions remained the smallest of the jackpots. Meanwhile, Lotto Texas and Powerball continued their “untouchable” jackpot streaks. As Lotto Texas, with a $33 million prize, wondered how it still had a larger jackpot than Mega Millions (for now), Powerball was pleased as punch having the largest prize at $473 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
Jackpot growth wasn’t the only streak in Lotto Texas. The {3-2-1} Pattern has now played for the fourth time in a row! With winning numbers 12, 19, 29, 43, 47 and 52, this Pattern has played 1117 times.
This Pattern has now played in 52.9% of the 2113 Lotto Texas drawings. Recall that the {3-2-1} Pattern played January 16, 2023.
Now with 197 appearances, the 1 2 3 Specific Order has played in 17.6% of the 1117 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 2113 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.32% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 1 2 3 Specific Order played January 14, 2023.
Four-Number Combinations
Repeating Four-Number Combination 12, 19, 47 and 52 debuted April 10, 2010.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 6, 15, 22, 42, 47 and PB 26, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 330th appearance.
This Pattern has now played in 39.5% of the 835 Powerball drawings and was last seen January 14, 2023.
The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order, now with 85 appearances, has played in 25.8% of the 330 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 835 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.2% of the time. December 21, 2022 was the last time the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order played.
Now with 15 appearances, the 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 17.6% of the 85 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.55% of the 330 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.8% of all 835 drawings. The 1 2 1 1 0 1 Specific Order was last spotted in the November 13, 2021 drawing.
Three-Number Combinations
Powerball more than made up for a lack of Pattern streak with five repeating Three-Number Combinations:
- 6, 15, 42 (Debuted January 2, 2016 and last seen October 19, 2022)
- 15, 22, 47 (Debuted September 5, 2020)
- 22, 42, 47 (Debuted April 11, 2020)
- 6, 42, 47 (Debuted April 6, 2022)
- 6, 22, 42 (Debuted March 20, 2021)
What goes up must come down. The question is when. Saturday? Next week? Next month? We’ll have to see!