August 2023 – Page 3 – Lottery Binge

Second Helpings and Second Guessings

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 307^th 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 359^th 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?

The Tuesday Night August Pile-On

August. That’s the eighth month. It’s the month when students head back to class and the summer heat intensifies (as if it can’t get any hotter). This year, August is the month that Mega Millions is the lone billion-dollar jackpot. As of August 1, 2023, Mega Millions is still the lone billion-dollar jackpot, and then some!

Mega Millions took a quieter approach Tuesday night. At least, it was quieter than Friday night. Yet, as quiet as it was, the jackpot grew to $1.25 billion.

General Lottery Analysis

The August 1, 2023 drawing featured the 29^th Australia Play. With winning numbers 8, 24, 30, 45, 61 and MB 12, the {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and the 1 1 1 1 1 1 Specific Order have played in 3.22% of the 902 Mega Millions drawings. Prior to Tuesday night, an Australia Play was featured in the July 11, 2023 drawing.

Three-Number Combinations

There were six Three-Number Combination Repeats:

8, 24, and 30 first played on July 22, 2016.
24, 45, and 61 first played on June 25, 2019.
30, 45, and 61 first played on January 13, 2023.
8, 61, and MB12 first played on September 25, 2018.
8, 30, and 61 first played on September 29, 2015, and the second time on January 25, 2019.
8, 30, and 45 first played on March 13, 2015.

Is an Australia Play encore in the cards for Friday night, and will it be the play that knocks the Mega Millions jackpot off its pedestal?

Australian August

G’day, Lotterytrend fans! Romulun Harris here! Last night on July 31, 2023, the month ended with a bang when the Lotto Texas district got a visit from the Land Down Under. And now the details.

LOTTO TEXAS

Analysis

Lotto Texas experienced its 306^th Australia Play, courtesy of winning numbers, 4, 6, 23, 32, 46, and 52.

Therefore,the {2-2-2} Pattern and 2 2 2 Specific Order both played in 13.93% of all 2196 Lotto Texas drawings and last played on July 19, 2023.

Four-Number Combination Repeat(s)

A trio of Four-Number Combination Repeats occurred:

4, 6, 32, and 46 first played on June 4, 2008.
6, 23, 46, and 52 first played on November 11, 2020.
6, 23, 32, and 52 first played on April 26, 2006.

POWERBALL

Analysis

Courtesy of winning numbers 2, 11, 48, 58, 65, and PB13, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 272^nd appearance. This Pattern has now played in 29.63% of all 918 Powerball drawings and last played on July 29, 2023.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order, with its 95^th appearance, has now played in 34.93% of all 272 drawings associated with the {2-2-1-1} Pattern and 10.35% of all 918 Powerball drawings. This General Order last played on July 5, 2023.

In its 9^th appearance, the 2 0 0 1 2 1 Specific Order has now played in 9.47% of all 95 drawings associated with the [2-1-2-1] General Order. This Specific Order has also played in 3.31% of all 272 drawings associated with the {2-2-1-1} Pattern and 0.98% of all 918 Powerball drawings. The 2 0 0 1 2 1 Specific Order last played on June 17, 2023.

Three-Number Combination Repeat(s)

A couple of Three-Number Combination Repeat(s) occurred:

2, 58, and PB13 first played on July 10, 2023.
2, 58, and 65 first played on November 25, 2020.

All Summer long, the Lottery World has been filled with surprises. And that wasn’t surprising enough, tonight in the Megamillions District is the $1.1 billion jackpot waiting for its safe to be cracked. The question, as many times before, is: Will it be won? This is Romulun Harris signing off. Stay safe!