Lottery Patterns have power levels that vary with each drawing. A jackpot that took months to grow can be brought down in a single night. Sometimes, the same Pattern that forces a jackpot reset can bring the jackpot up ever so slightly, only to knock it back down again. Recently, both Lotto Texas and Powerball know all about how a Pattern doesn’t aways act alone.
Saturday night was a big night for both jackpots and repeating Combinations alike! Both Lotto Texas and Powerball were caught up in the whirlwind of repeating Combinations as their respective jackpots grew to $5.5 million and $291 million, respectively.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
Lotto Texas’s jackpot received a boost from an Australia Play. The winning numbers for August 19, 2023 were 8, 16, 26, 27, 41 and 43. Given that there have been 2204 Lotto Texas drawings, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order have now played 14% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, an Australia Play was featured in the August 14, 2023 drawing.
Four-Number Combinations
There was a massive appetite for repeating Four-Number Combinations! Five were present:
- 8, 16, 27, 41 (Debuted November 27, 2010)
- 26, 27, 41, 43 (Debuted March 13, 2002)
- 8, 16, 26, 43 (Debuted September 10, 2008)
- 8, 16, 26, 41 (Debuted May 20, 2009)
- 8, 16, 26, 27 (Debuted March 31, 2018)
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
August 19th also featured the 363rd appearance of the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern with winning numbers 1, 25, 27, 38, 62 and PB 13. This Pattern has now played in 39.2% of the 926 Powerball drawings and was last seen August 12, 2023.
The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order, now with 95 appearances, has played in 26.2% of the 363 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 926 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.3% of the time. July 8, 2023 was the last time the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order was featured.
Now with 19 appearances, the 1 2 1 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 20% of the 95 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.23% of the 363 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.05% of all 926 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 2 1 0 1 1 Specific Order played March 4, 2023.
Three-Number Combinations
Powerball featured a trio of repeating Three-Number Combinations:
- 1, 25, 27 (Debuted March 2, 2019)
- 25, 27, 38 (Debuted July 29, 2023)
- 25, 38, 62 (Debuted February 24, 2018)
Will this strong embrace of repeating Combinations continue for both Lotto Texas and Powerball in Monday’s drawing?