Powerball, blasted Powerball! That lottery was at it again Wednesday night. Being no stranger to grand displays, this lottery featured both a Pattern and a General Order encore! Those, in addition to a similar spread, pushed the jackpot to $211 million.
Meanwhile, ever-classy Lotto Texas saw the jackpot grow to $5.75 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
May 24, 2023 featured the 1143rd appearance of the {3-2-1} Pattern with winning numbers 2, 9, 24, 26, 28 and 39. This Pattern has now played in 52.7% of the 2167 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen May 20, 2023.
Now with 197 appearances, the 2 3 1 Specific Order has played in 17.2% of the 1143 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 2167 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.09% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 2 3 1 Specific Order played April 1, 2023.
Four-Number Combinations
A couple of repeating Four-Number Combinations were present:
- 2, 9, 26, 28 (Debuted July 6, 2019)
- 2, 9, 24, 26 (Debuted September 13, 2014)
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern encore was made possible by winning numbers 12, 21, 44, 50, 58 and PB 26. This Pattern has now played 352 times and in 39.6% of the 889 Powerball drawings.
The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order wanted to get in on the encore hysteria as well! Now with 72 appearances, this General Order has played in 20.5% of the 352 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the General Order. Once all 889 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 8.09% of the time.
Recall that both the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern and the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order were last seen May 22, 2023.
Now with 18 appearances, the 1 1 0 2 1 1 Specific Order has played in 25% of the 72 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.11% of the 352 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.02% of all 889 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the 1 1 0 2 1 1 Specific Order played December 10, 2022.
Similar Spread
Wednesday night’s numbers had a spread of 09:23:06:08. We didn’t have to go too far back to find a similar spread! The night of November 7, 2022 featured winning numbers 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and PB 10, and they had a spread of 23:08:06:09. Even though the differences between numbers that played were the same, their orders, and the numbers that played those nights, were different.
Three-Number Combinations
Yet, even with a double encore and a similar spread, there was room enough for a couple of repeating Three-Number Combinations!
- 12, 21, 44 (Debuted December 10, 2016)
- 21, 44, 50 (Debuted March 3, 2021)
Is a Pattern three-peat in store for Powerball Saturday night, and will the {3-2-1} Pattern make a return?