August 1st was not only Hump Day this year, it was also Lottery Night! Lotto Texas kicked off the month with a Pattern encore and a jackpot now at $14.5 million. Meanwhile, Powerball caught that “crazy large jackpot fever” from Mega Millions. The jackpot for Powerball crossed just over the $200 million mark: $203 million to be precise.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
The {3-2-1} Pattern came back for an encore with winning numbers 7, 12, 15, 35, 42, and 49. This Pattern has now played 821 times.
Given that there have been 1573 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has now played 52.2% of the time.
Now with 154 appearances, the 3 1 2 Specific Order has played in 18.8% of the 821 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern and in 9.79% of all 1573 drawings. Like the {3-2-1} Pattern, the 3 1 2 Specific Order also made an encore. Both were seen in this past Saturday’s drawing (July 28, 2018).
Four-Number Combination(s)
In addition to a playback, Lotto Texas saw a repeating Four-Number Combination that hasn’t been seen in nearly eighteen years!
- 12, 35, 42, 49
This Combination made its debut in the early days of Lotto Texas (1-54). More specifically, the August 16, 2000 drawing.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
With winning numbers 5, 22, 32, 38, 58, and PB 26, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 104th appearance.
Of the 295 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played in 35.3% of them and was last seen on July 21, 2018.
The [1-1-2-1-1] General Order made its 19th appearance and has now played in 18.3% of the 104 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 6.44% of all 295 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the [1-1-2-1-1] General Order played on March 31, 2018.
Now with eight appearances, the 1 1 2 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 42.1% of the 19 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 7.69% of the 104 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 2.71% of all 295 drawings. The 1 1 2 0 1 1 Specific Order previously played on August 26, 2017.
Three-Number Combination(s)
There were three repeating Three-Number Combinations this time:
- 22, 32, 58 (Debuted June 24, 2017)
- 32, 38, 58 (Debuted June 10, 2017)
- 5, 32, PB 26 (Debuted May 21, 2016)
Will Saturday night see another repeating Four-Number Combination that hasn’t been seen since last decade? Could either Pattern make a repeat appearance?