Thanks to Mega Millions analyst/Tuesday night blogger Romulun Harris for filling in while I was away on business!
Older readers are likely familiar with the three academic R’s: reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic. There is in fact another set of R’s: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. These environmental R’s are meant to encourage people to reduce the waste that ends up in landfills by reusing products for as long as they can, and recycle any component that can be repurposed for something else. In the Spirit of Earth Day, Lotto Texas and Powerball embraced two of the three environmental R’s.
The night of April 22, 2023 meant the end of the road for the Lotto Texas jackpot. After a whopping seven months of rising jackpots, the massive prize was won by a Dallas-Fort Worth suburbanite. Of course, the prize was reduced to $5 million. Meanwhile, Powerball’s reuse of Wednesday night’s Pattern increased the jackpot to $28 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
Lotto Texas’s jackpot run came to an end thanks to the {3-2-1} Pattern. With winning numbers 3, 5, 18, 29, 30 and 52, this Pattern made its 1133rd appearance.
This Pattern has now played in 52.6% of the 2153 drawings and was last seen April 12, 2023.
Now with 203 appearances, the 3 2 1 Specific Order has played in 17.9% of the 1133 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 2153 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.43% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 3 2 1 Specific Order played April 3, 2023.
Four-Number Combinations
Lotto Texas also got in the recycling spirit, of sorts, with a couple of repeating Four-Number Combinations:
- 3, 29, 30, 52 (Debuted March 27, 2019)
- 3, 18, 29, 52 (Debuted June 17, 2015)
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern returned with numbers 17, 36, 47, 63, 68 and PB 25.
This Pattern has now played in 39.5% of the 875 Powerball drawings. Recall that the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern was last seen April 19, 2023.
The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 98 appearances, has played in 28.3% of the 346 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 875 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 11.2% of the time. January 23, 2023 was the last time the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order played.
Now with 19 appearances, the 0 1 1 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 19.4% of the 98 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.49% of the 346 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.17% of all 875 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 0 1 1 1 2 1 Specific Order played December 26, 2022.
Three-Number Combinations
Five repeating Three-Number Combinations were spotted:
- 17, 36, 47 (Debuted August 23, 2021)
- 36, 47, 63 (Debuted May 1, 2021 and previously played July 13, 2022)
- 36, 68, PB 25 (Debuted December 14, 2022)
- 47, 68, PB 25 (Debuted February 12, 2020)
- 17, 63, 68 (Debuted May 13, 2017)
If these past seven months taught us anything, it’s that even the “small fry” lotteries can wield big surprises! Even though it will be a while before Lotto Texas sees such a high jackpot, we at Lottery Binge plan to be there when it happens.
Presently, Mega Millions and Powerball jackpot values are $2 million apart from each other. Which one will pull ahead Monday night?