As the relentless heat tightened its grip on Lottery Trend headquarters Wednesday, Lotto Texas and Powerball tightened their grips on their respective jackpots. August 2, 2023 was a night hopping with an encore and rumblings of a playback. Those, combined with a healthy dose of repeating Combinations, pushed the Lotto Texas jackpot to $13.5 million and the Powerball jackpot to $124 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
Lotto Texas was hopping for joy when the Australia Play returned! With winning numbers 12, 13, 20, 31, 41 and 42, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order made their 307th appearance. An Australia Play has been featured in 14% of the 2197 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen July 31, 2023.
Four-Number Combinations
Accompanying the Australia Play was a trio of repeating Four-Number Combinations:
- 12, 13, 31, 42 (Debuted March 26, 2022)
- 20, 31, 41, 42 (Debuted March 19, 2003)
- 12, 13, 20, 42 (Debuted October 2, 2002)
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 359th appearance with winning numbers 23, 24, 33, 51, 64 and PB 5. This Pattern has been featured in 39.1% of the 919 Powerball drawings and was last seen July 12, 2023.
The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order, now with 90 appearances, has played in 25.1% of the 359 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 919 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.79% of the time.
Now with 18 appearances, the 0 2 1 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 20% of the 90 drawings where the General Order was [2-1-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.01% of the 359 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.96% of all 919 drawings.
Prior to Wednesday night, both the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order and the 0 2 1 1 1 1 Specific Order played June 7, 2023.
Three-Number Combinations
Repeating Three-Number Combination 23, 24 and PB 5 debuted April 29, 2017.
Will Lotto Texas see a three-peat for the Australia Play Saturday night, and will Powerball fully commit to the idea of a playback?