Long-time readers of our blog know about Powerball’s fondness for going big. Billion-dollar jackpots are one thing, but those don’t come easy! Besides, the jackpot needs to build up to that point. Though it’ll be a while yet before a billion-dollar jackpot looms over the horizon, Saturday night’s results brought the jackpot closer! A {2-2-1-1} Pattern encore raised the jackpot to $179 million.
Lotto Texas was no slouch, either. After being forced to reset this past Wednesday night, its jackpot received a graceful boost to $5.25 million.
Lotto Texas
General Lottery Analysis
May 20, 2023 belonged to the {3-2-1} Pattern. With winning numbers 8, 11, 15, 35, 48 and 52, this Pattern has now played 1142 times. This Pattern has now played in 52.7% of the 2165 Lotto Texas drawings and was last seen May 15, 2023.
Now with 213 appearances, the 3 1 2 Specific Order has also played in 18.7% of the 1142 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 2165 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.84% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 3 1 2 Specific Order played April 26, 2023.
Four-Number Combinations
There were no repeating Four-Number Combinations.
Powerball
General Lottery Analysis
Saturday night’s rendition of the {2-2-1-1} Pattern featured 17, 23, 32, 38, 63 and PB 23, bringing the number of appearances for this Pattern to 257. The {2-2-1-1} Pattern has now played in 29% of the 887 Powerball drawings, and this Pattern was last seen May 17, 2023.
The [2-2-1-1] General Order, now with 88 appearances, has played in 34.2% of the 257 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 887 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 9.92% of the time. May 8, 2023 was the last time we saw the [2-2-1-1] General Order.
Now with 11 appearances, the 0 2 2 0 1 1 Specific Order has played in 12.5% of the 88 drawings where the General Order was [2-2-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 4.28% of the 257 drawings where {2-2-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 1.24% of all 887 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 0 2 2 0 1 1 Specific Order played August 1, 2022.
Three-Number Combinations
The {2-2-1-1} Pattern wasn’t the only thing Powerball doubled up on! Wednesday night featured only a couple of repeating Three-Number Combinations. Saturday night brought four:
- 17, 23, 32 (Debuted July 30, 2016)
- 17, 23, 38 (Debuted June 5, 2019)
- 38, 63, PB 23 (Debuted October 19, 2016)
- 17, 32, 63 (Debuted May 13, 2017)
Will either the {3-2-1} Pattern or the {2-2-1-1} Pattern dominate next week?