If we were to go by surface appearances, then May 13, 2023 was a “typical” night for Lotto Texas and Powerball. No Pattern encores were present, but their respective jackpots did grow to $7.25 million and $135 million. Further investigation showed a good number of repeating Combinations. Digging even deeper, we found not one but two similar spreads, both in the same lottery!
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 11, 22, 28, 35, 39 and 54, the {3-2-1} Pattern made its 1140th appearance.
This Pattern has now played in 52.7% of the 2162 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen May 6, 2023.
Now with 158 appearances, the 1 3 2 Specific Order has played in 13.9% of the 1140 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 2162 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 7.31% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 3 2 Specific Order played May 1, 2023.
Similar Spreads
That wasn’t a typo. There were similar spreads in Lotto Texas!
The spread for Saturday night was 11:06:07:04:15. There were a couple of nights where the differences between numbers were similar, but their orders were different:
- November 15, 2000 – The winning numbers that night were 6, 21, 27, 34, 45 and 49. They had a spreadof 15:06:07:11:04.
- October 20, 2007 – The winning numbers, 4, 15, 30, 36, 43 and 47, had a spread of 11:15:06:07:04.
Four-Number Combinations
Even with a couple of similar spreads, there was still room for a couple of repeating Four-Number Combinations:
- 11, 22, 35, 39 (Debuted October 16, 2010)
- 22, 28, 35, 54 (Debuted October 29, 2011)
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Saturday night featured the 148th appearance of the {3-1-1-1} Pattern with 3, 15, 20, 23, 46 and PB 11.
This Pattern has now played in 16.7% of the 884 Powerball drawings and was last seen April 5, 2023.
The [1-3-1-1] General Order, now with 48 appearances, has played in 32.4% of the 148 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 884 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 5.43% of the time.
Now with five appearances, the 1 3 0 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 10.4% of the 48 drawings where the General Order was [1-3-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 3.38% of the 148 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 0.57% of all 884 drawings.
Prior to Saturday night, both the [1-3-1-1] General Order and the 1 3 0 1 0 1 Specific Order were last seen January 28, 2023.
Three-Number Combinations
Repeating Three-Number Combination 3, 15 and PB 11 debuted February 19, 2022.
Will Monday night feature Pattern encores, or even more similar spreads?