Pre-Mother’s Day Saturday Encore

Today’s post is going to start with a tribute.

Be they called “mothers”, “las madres”, or just plain “Moms”, without them we wouldn’t be. They nurtured us, comforted us, fussed at us (when we needed it!), and made sure we became functioning members of society. Mothers aren’t perfect, but dang if they don’t try. Even when the kids have grown up and have lives of their own, mothers are like artists: they feel their work is never done! As annoying as it may seem, we’ll end up missing that fussing and “worrisomeness” when their time comes.

And, in the spirit of Mother’s Day, May 12^th was a quiet night for Lotto Texas and Powerball. The only rowdiness was a Pattern encore and a repeating Three-Number Combination.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-2-2} Pattern made an encore appearance with winning numbers 4, 11, 19, 28, 51, and 54.

The {2-2-2} Pattern back like a boomerang. Source: lotterytrend.com.

This Pattern has played in 216 drawings. Of course, when the {2-2-2} Pattern played, that meant the 2 2 2 Specific Order was along for the ride. Given that there have been 216 Lotto Texas drawings, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order have played in 13.9% of them.

Four-Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations this time.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Powerball took another route. With winning numbers 22, 42, 45, 55, 56, and PB 14, the {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 55^th appearance.

Going separate ways. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has now played in 20.2% of the 272 Powerball drawings, and was last seen on April 11, 2018.

With 25 appearances, the [1-1-3-1] General Order has played in 45.5% of the 55 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 9.19% of all 272 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the [1-1-3-1] General Order played on March 24, 2018.

Now with three appearances, the 0 1 1 3 0 1 Specific Order has played in 12% of the 25 drawings where [1-1-3-1] was the General Order of the evening. This Specific Order has also played in 5.45% of the 55 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 272 drawings, this Specific Order has played in 1.10% of all 272 drawings. We last saw the 0 1 1 3 0 1 Specific Order in the November 15, 2017 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 45, 55, 56.

Standing out from the crowd. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Combination made its debut in the September 23, 2017 drawing.

Will either Powerball or Lotto Texas see Pattern encores on Wednesday, or will other Patterns take the reins?

Great Lotteries Think Alike

In the past, we’ve seen Lotto Texas and Powerball play the same Pattern, and even have a “joint” Pattern streak. Although neither of those things happened May 9^th, that night was a treat for playback lovers everywhere. In fact, the night was bouncing with not just playbacks but repeating Four-Number and Three-Number Combinations.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 9, 17, 30, 34, 39, and 51, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order made their 215^th appearance. These two combined make up that special playback we here like to call the Australia Play.

Australia Play #1. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that there have been 1549 Lotto Texas drawings, the Australia Play has happened in 13.9% of them. An Australia Play was previously seen on April 18, 2018.

Four-Number Combination(s)

There was also one repeating Four-Number Combination.

9, 17, 30, 39 (Debuted January 15, 2011)

With a repeating Four-Number Combination. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The Australia Play was contagious! Powerball hopped in with winning numbers 11, 16, 38, 50, 69, and PB 19.

Australia Play #2. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

The {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and 1 1 1 1 1 1 Specific Order have now played 20 times each. And, with 271 Powerball drawings, that means Powerball’s Australia Play has happened 7.38% of the time. The last time this happened was in the April 4, 2018 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination was 50, 69, and PB 19.

Interestingly, this Combination made its debut in the April 21^st drawing just a few weeks ago.

Another interesting (and totally out of character) thing is how short this post was for Lotto Texas and Powerball analysis. With Mother’s Day (for the US/Canada/Australia anyway) right around the corner, will these lotteries be sweet and chill, or go nuts with Australia Play encores?

The Midweek Playback

The lottery world is a lot like the “real” one these days. Just as it’s been snow one day and warmth the next, it’s chilly Mega Millions followed by a joint effort by Lotto Texas and Powerball to warm things up. April 18, 2018 brought us the ultimate playback and the debut of a Specific Order.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

Lotto Texas is hoppin’ mad for Australia Plays these days! It was just last week, April 11, 2018 to be precise, that we last saw one. With winning numbers 10, 14, 27, 32, 45, and 49, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order have played 214 times.

Lotto Texas’s new favorite Pattern? Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that there have been 1543 Lotto Texas drawings, the Australia Play has occurred in 13.9% of them.

Four-Number Combination(s)

This Australia Play didn’t come with repeating Four-Number Combinations.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Right off the heels of this past Saturday’s drawing, the {3-2-1} Pattern came back again, with winning numbers 9, 10, 12, 17, 23, and PB 9.

Powerball got hit with Encore Fever. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

There have been 265 Powerball drawings so far, and this Pattern has played 6.79% of the time.

The [3-2-1] General Order also boarded the encore train, making its eighth appearance. This General Order has now played in 44.4% of the 18 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern and in 3.02% of all 265 drawings.

The 3 2 0 0 0 1 Specific Order made its debut and has now played in 12.5% of the eight drawings where the [3-2-1] was the General Order. This Specific Order has also played in 5.56% of the 18 drawings where the winning Pattern was {3-2-1}. Finally, when looking at all 265 drawings, this Specific Order has played 0.38% of the time.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Even though Lotto Texas/Powerball nights have had more activity than Mega Millions these days, Powerball didn’t see any repeating Three-Number Combinations, either.

Will Lotto Texas and Powerball continue to warm things up Saturday night? Will it be a night of encores and repeating Three and Four-Number Combinations?

Hot Wednesday

Contrasts! That’s been the theme of the month so far. Mega Millions has been much calmer as of late, with Lotto Texas and Powerball tag-teaming as they spice things up. These lotteries joined forces once again on April 11^th. They helped us escape the mid-week doldrums with an Australia Play and repeating Three and Four-Number Combinations.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 4, 16, 24, 35, 49, and 53, Lotto Texas saw its 213^th Australia Play.

The Australia Play is not one to be trifled with. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that there have been 1541 Lotto Texas drawings, both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order have played 13.8% of the time. It wasn’t that long ago that we last saw an Australia Play. More specifically, it was back on March 31, 2018.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The Australia Play isn’t one to be alone these days! The lone repeating Four-Number Combination was 4, 24, 49, and 53.

November 8, 2000 was when this Combination made its debut.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-1-1-1} Pattern made its 54^th appearance, with winning numbers 16, 18, 27, 55, 67, and PB 18.

Just an unassuming {3-1-1-1} Pattern… Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Pattern has played in 20.5% of the 263 Powerball drawings, and previously played on March 24, 2018.

With fourteen appearances, the [3-1-1-1] General Order has played in 25.9% of the 54 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 5.32% of all 263 Patterns. Prior to Wednesday night, this General Order played on January 31, 2018.

Now with four appearances, the 0 3 0 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 28.6% of the 14 drawings where the General Order was [3-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 7.41% of the 54 drawings where {3-1-1-1} was the Pattern. Finally, when looking at all 263 drawings, the 0 3 0 1 1 1 Specific Order has played 1.52% of the time. We last saw this Specific Order nearly a year ago on April 29, 2017.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 16, 55, 67.

This Combination is on fire. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Although it didn’t make its debut in the 2000s, it did make its debut a couple of days before Christmas. This Combination was first seen on December 23, 2015.

Will Lotto Texas and Powerball continue to keep things heated for Saturday night?

Pattern Come Lately

For the first time in a while, neither Lotto Texas nor Powerball saw an encore Pattern. The drawing for April 4^th belong to the Australia Play and the most-commonly seen Pattern in Lotto Texas.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

In an interesting twist of events, the {3-2-1} Pattern appeared again after a very brief leave of absence this past Saturday. This time, the winning numbers were 3, 11, 12, 34, 40, and 51, bringing the total number of appearances up to 802.

Eight consecutive appearances of the {3-2-1} Pattern would’ve been earth-shattering. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that Lotto Texas has 1539 drawings, this Pattern has played 52.1% of the time. We last saw the {3-2-1} Pattern in the March 28^th, 2018 drawing.

Now with 149 appearances, the 3 1 2 Specific Order has played in 18.6% of the 802 drawings where the winning Pattern was {3-2-1}. Finally, when looking at all 1539 drawings, this Specific Order has played 9.68% of the time. Prior to Tuesday night, the 3 1 2 Specific Order played in the March 24^th, 2018 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The {3-2-1} Pattern was accompanied by repeating Four-Number Combination 3, 11, 34, and 51.

Still got a repeating Four-Number Combination out of it. Source: lotterytrend.com.

This Combination made its debut in the January 27^th, 2016 drawing.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Powerball got bit by the Australia Play bug this time. With winning numbers 8, 24, 42, 54, 64, and PB 24, an Australia Play has occurred 19 times.

Powerball nabbed itself an Australia Play. Soure: lotterytrend-powerball.com

That means that, given the 261 Powerball drawings we’ve seen so far, the {1-1-1-1-1-1} Pattern, [1-1-1-1-1-1] General Order, and 1 1 1 1 1 1 Specific Order have played 7.28% of the time. Powerball last saw an Australia Play in the February 17^th, 2018 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Alas, there were no repeating Three-Number Combinations.

Will either lottery see an encore in Saturday’s drawing, or will they take a breather from encores?

The Kick is In

After the March 30, 2018 Mega Millions drawing, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern streak is no more. Never fret, streak lovers! Pattern streaks are bound to show up again this year. What caused the upset? Why, none other than the Australia Play of course! Not only did it kick the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern out of its streak, it made one player in New Jersey $521 million richer.

General Lottery Analysis

The eighth-ever Mega Millions Australia Play was thanks to winning numbers 11, 28, 31, 48, 59, and MB 1.

Knocked off its pedestal by a rare play. Source: lotterytrend-megamillions.com.

Given that there have been 345 Mega Millions drawings, that means 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 all played 2.32% of the time. We last saw an Australia Play in the September 19, 2017 drawing.

Three Number Combination(s)

Although an Australia Play came bounding across the numbers terrain, there were no repeating Three-Number Combinations.

Instead of going out like a lamb, Mega Millions was more like a roaring sheep. We end March’s Mega Millions coverage with a demolished Pattern streak, and an Australia Play that went solo. Makes for a short post, we’ll admit.

Will April start with an Australia Play encore?

Another Round of Meat Pie

A very popular dish in the land down under. Source: http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/44/Aussie_Meat_Pie_Four_and_Twenty9524.shtml

Meat pie!? What does that have to do with lottery analysis? It just so happened that March 7^th saw another Australia Play. That, and there’s more to Australian cuisine than Vegemite. As one lottery saw the ultimate playback Wednesday night, another was this close to hopping on the Playback Express.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

Having just recently played this past Saturday, the Australia Play came back for an encore. This time, the winning numbers were 9, 16, 25, 32, 41, and 44.

For the love of the {2-2-2} Pattern. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order made their 211^th appearance. Given that there have been 1531 Lotto Texas drawings, the Australia Play has played in 13.8% of them.

Four-Number Combination(s)

This Australia Play, like the last three before it, enjoyed the company of a repeating Four-Number Combination:

25, 32, 41, 44

A repeating Four-Number Combination and an Australia Play go together. Source: lotterytrend.com.

This Combination made its debut in some of the early days of Lotto Texas. More specifically, the September 15, 2001 drawing.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 91^st appearance with winning numbers 6, 13, 19, 36, 51, and PB 18.

Powerball’s most common Pattern. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Given that there have been 253 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played about 36% of the time. We last saw the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern in the February 10, 2018 drawing.

The [2-1-1-1-1] General Order made its 22^nd appearance. This General Order has now played in 24.2% of the 91 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. It was seen alongside this Pattern in the earlier-mentioned February 10^th drawing. Finally, when looking at all 253 drawings, the [2-1-1-1-1] General Order has played 8.70% of the time.

Now with five appearances, the 2 1 1 1 0 1 Specific Order has played in 22.7% of the 22 drawings where [2-1-1-1-1] was the General Order. This Specific Order has also played in 5.49% of the 91 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern, and in 1.98% of all 253 drawings. Prior to Wednesday night, the 2 1 1 1 0 1 Specific Order previously played in the November 11, 2017 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

There were no repeating Three-Number Combinations.

Will Saturday’s drawing have another Australia Play?

Bounded Together

Lotto Texas and Powerball are stuck together. That’s just the way it is. Every Wednesday and Saturday, they do their thing, and we do our thing by bringing you analysis. Last summer, we saw that these lotteries can be stuck together in other ways. March 3^rd saw a shade of that.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

It was exactly one week ago that Lotto Texas saw an Australia Play. With winning numbers 5, 14, 23, 32, 42, and 52, it made its 210^th appearance. Both the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order have now played in 13.7% of the 1530 drawings.

Lotto Texas is on an Aussie kick. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Four-Number Combination(s)

As of late, Australia Plays have a love for repeating Four-Number Combinations!

5, 23, 32, 42 (Debuted August 16^th, 2008)
14, 23, 32, 52 (Debuted February 6^th, 2002, and was last seen April 26^th, 2006)

Not many Four-Number Combinations show up three times. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 13, 17, 25, 36, 40, and PB 5, the {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 74^th appearance.

Joined at the hip with the Australia Play. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Now with 252 Powerball drawings to date, this Pattern has played 29.4% of the time. Like Lotto Texas’s {2-2-2} Pattern, this Pattern was also seen in the February 24^th, 2018 drawing.

With 21 appearances, the [1-2-2-1] General Order has played in 28.4% of the 74 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When looking at all 252 drawings, this General Order has played 8.33% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, this General Order was last seen on October 28^th, 2017.

Now with four appearances, the 1 2 2 0 0 1 Specific Order has played in roughly 19% of the 21 drawings where [1-2-2-1] was the General Order of the evening. This Specific Order has also been seen in 5.41% of the 74 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.59% of all 252 drawings. We last saw the 1 2 2 0 0 1 Specific Order in the September 24^th, 2016 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination, 13, 25, PB 5, made its debut in the March 18^th, 2017 drawing.

Showed up almost a year ago. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

Will the {2-2-2} Pattern and {2-2-1-1} Pattern make an encore together in Wednesday’s drawing?

Bouncing Through a Time Warp

Saturdays wield the power of nostalgia. Be it Saturday morning cartoons, hanging out at the mall, or just sleeping in, there’s something about that day that makes the urge to reminisce hard to suppress. As is the nature of Lottery Binge, we cover past lotteries—the past can be from just a few days ago to a time when Blockbuster Video was where you rented movies and video games. February 24, 2018 was a night when the past truly took over.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 5, 9, 32, 35, 51, and 54, the {2-2-2} Pattern and the 2 2 2 Specific Order made their 209^th appearance.

There’s a history buried in here. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Given that there have been 1528 Lotto Texas drawings, the Australia Play has appeared 13.7% of the time. We last saw one in the February 3, 2018 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The biggest event of the evening was with one of the repeating Four-Number Combinations:

9, 35, 51, 54
5, 9, 32, 35

First position for the *very* first Lotto Texas drawing. Source: lotterytrend.com.

The first Combination is a special one. See, it made its debut on July 19, 2000. That was the very first Lotto Texas drawing to use numbers 1 through 54!

The second Combination made its debut in the November 30, 2002 drawing.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

Powerball stumbled across some leftover Valentine’s Day candy. The {2-2-1-1} Pattern made its 73^rd appearance with winning numbers 24, 25, 38, 62, 63, and PB 6.

Things were a bit quieter in Powerball. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

With 250 Powerball drawings to date, this Pattern has played in 29.2% of them.

The [2-1-2-1] General Order, now with 24 appearances, has played in 32.9% of the 73 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When looking at all 250 drawings, this General Order has played 9.6% of the time. This General Order previously played on November 25, 2017.

Now with four appearances, the 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in roughly 16.7% of the 24 drawings where [2-1-2-1] was the General Order of the evening. This Specific Order has also played in 5.48% of the 73 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern, and in 1.6% of all 250 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 0 2 1 0 2 1 Specific Order previously played on September 13, 2017.

Powerball’s journey didn’t go as far back, but it was a trip back in time nonetheless.

Three-Number Combination(s)

There weren’t any repeating Three-Number Combinations this time.

Lotto Texas and Powerball will have the honor of bidding February adieu. Will either the Australia Play or the {2-2-1-1} Pattern make an encore? Will there be another trip back to the “distant” past?

Under a Pattern Spell

A spell had been cast upon the lotteries Saturday night. Lotto Texas found itself in the grip of a Pattern streak. Powerball was under the control of the ultimate playback. And that wasn’t all that occurred on February 17^th.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

For the fourth time in a row, the {3-2-1} Pattern made an appearance. The 794^th appearance was marked by winning numbers 10, 11, 13, 22, 26, and 46.

Pattern streaks are one way to stay on top. Source: lotterytrend.com.

With 1526 Lotto Texas drawings to date, this Pattern has played 52% of the time.

The 3 2 1 Specific Order, now with 139 appearances, has played in 17.5% of the 794 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. This Specific Order has also played in 9.11% of all 1526 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, this Specific Order was seen exactly one week prior in the February 10^th, 2018 drawing.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Four-Number Combination of the evening, 10, 22, 26, 46, made its debut in the December 16^th, 2017 drawing.

Add a repeating Four-Number Combination for the ride. Source: lotterytrend.com.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 13, 26, 39, 44, 62, and PB2, Powerball’s Australia Play saw its 18^th appearance.

An Australia Play is the ultimate playback. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

That means 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 7.26% of the 246 Powerball drawings. We last saw an Australia Play in the September 2^nd, 2017 drawing.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening was 13, 44, and 62.

Nearly two years since this Combination debuted. Source: lotterytrend-powerball.com.

This Combination made its debut in the March 2^nd, 2016 drawing.

Will the {3-2-1} Pattern go on to make a fifth appearance? Will Powerball’s Australia Play be bold enough to go for the encore?