Don’t you just hate it when a holiday falls during the middle of the week? You’re off that Tuesday, Wednesday, or even Thursday, but then you return to the office the next day. Some have the option of using PTO days, while others are out of luck. PTO or no, Lotto Texas and/or Powerball come to the rescue, right? Except on nights like this past Wednesday’s, when these lotteries have other plans.
July 5, 2023 was a vacation of sorts for Lotto Texas and Powerball. Both lotteries toned it down a bit on the repeating Combinations, but one decided to spread out a bit more. Despite the lotteries’ divergent tracks, their respective jackpots grew to $7 million and $590 million.
General Lottery Analysis
Lotto Texas
Wednesday night featured the 243rd appearance of the {4-1-1} Pattern with winning numbers 2, 12, 17, 18, 29 and 45. This Pattern has played in 11.1% of the 2185 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen June 28, 2023.
Now with 82 appearances, the 4 1 1 Specific Order has played in 33.7% of the 82 drawings where the winning Pattern was {4-1-1}. This Specific Order has also played in 3.75% of all 2815 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the 4 1 1 Specific Order played June 17, 2023.
Similar Spread
Wednesday’s nights numbers had a spread of 10:05:01:11:16. Similarly, the spread for May 31, 2023 was 11:05:16:01:10. That night, the winning numbers were 10, 21, 26, 42, 43 and 53. Note that the difference between numbers were the same, but the orders in which they played were different.
Four-Number Combinations
Repeating Four-Number Combination 2, 12, 17 and 18 debuted September 15, 2012.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
July 5th also featured the return of the {2-2-1-1} Pattern with winning numbers 17, 24, 48, 62, 68 and PB 23. This Pattern has now played in 29.5% of the 907 Powerball drawings. Recall that the {2-2-1-1} Pattern was last seen July 3, 2023.
The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 94 appearances, has now played in 35.1% of the 268 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 907 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.4% of the time. The [2-1-2-1] General Order was last seen June 28, 2023.
Now with 13 appearances, the 0 2 0 1 2 1 Specific Order has played in 13.8% of the 94 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-2-1]. This General Order has also played in 4.85% of the 268 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.43% of all 907 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the 0 2 0 1 2 1 Specific Order played April 24, 2023.
Three-Number Combinations
Repeating Three-Number Combination 17, 24 and 62 debuted June 29, 2019.
How far will the jackpots climb before their inevitable falls, and are more Pattern repeats on the horizon?