One never knows what will turn up in a lottery drawing. Perhaps an Australia Play will be featured, or the lottery of choice has a Pattern streak going. One way or another, either someone walks away a millionaire, or the players get another chance. Talk about a cloud having a silver lining!
After Saturday night’s Lotto Texas and Powerball drawings, players for both lotteries were thwarted by a combination of factors. A Pattern encore made the prize in Lotto Texas grow to $45.25 million. For Powerball, the setup for a playback looked promising but didn’t come to pass. The “near” playback boosted the jackpot to $87 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-2-1} Pattern encore of February 18, 2023 was thanks to 3, 4, 31, 38, 41 and 48. This Pattern has now played 1123 times.
There have now been 2126 Lotto Texas drawings, and the {3-2-1} Pattern has been featured 52.8% of the time. Recall that this Pattern was last seen February 15, 2023.
Now with 168 appearances, the 2 1 3 Specific Order has played in 15% of the 1123 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 2126 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 7.90% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 2 1 3 Specific Order played January 30, 2023.
Four-Number Combinations
Repeating Four-Number Combinations were absent in this go-around.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
February 18th also meant the 144th appearance of the {3-1-1-1} Pattern. The winning numbers were 8, 21, 31, 32, 37 and PB 23.
This Pattern has now played in 17% of the 848 Powerball drawings.
The [1-1-3-1] General Order, now with 55 appearances, has played in 38.2% of the 144 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 848 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 6.49% of the time.
Both the {3-1-1-1} Pattern and the [1-1-3-1] General Order were last seen February 1, 2023.
Now with seven appearances, the 1 1 3 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in 12.7% of the 55 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-3-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.86% of the 144 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.83% of all 848 drawings. The 1 1 3 0 0 1 Specific Order was last seen September 7, 2022.
Three-Number Combinations
There were five repeating Three-Number Combinations:
- 8, 21, 32 (Debuted January 26, 2019)
- 21, 31, 37 (Debuted March 30, 2022)
- 21, 31, PB 23 (Debuted February 27, 2019)
- 31, 37, PB 23 (Debuted October 17, 2020)
- 31, 32, 37 (Debuted March 23, 2022)
Lotto Texas is still holding on, and Powerball remains on top! How will the jackpots fare Monday night?