The word “common” isn’t normally a word to describe a lottery. There’s nothing common about flirting with a billion dollars or a record-breaking Pattern streak, that’s for sure! Lottery analysts live for those sorts of things, you know. What is common, however, is a Pattern, or in this case, two Patterns.

We’ve reached the halfway point of the month, and to celebrate (if you can call it that), Lotto Texas and Powerball played their most common Patterns May 15^th. Another, ahem, commonality, was keeping people away from the grand prizes. After Wednesday night, the jackpots rose to $5.75 million and $270 million, respectively.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 10, 16, 20, 21, 29, and 49, the {3-2-1} Pattern made its 870^th appearance.

Of the 1655 Lotto Texas drawings to date, this Pattern has played 52.6% of the time and was last seen May 1, 2019.

Now with 143 appearances, the 2 3 1 Specific Order has played in 16.4% of the 870 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1655 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 8.64% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 2 3 1 Specific Order played April 27, 2019.

Four-Number Combination(s)

Lotto Texas wasn’t going to show up with just its most common Pattern. There were two repeating Four-Number Combinations!

• 10, 16, 29, 49 (Debuted November 24, 2010)
• 16, 20, 21, 29 (Debuted November 23, 2016)

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

The {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 140^th appearance with winning numbers 7, 17, 33, 61, 68, and PB 4.

This Pattern has played in 37.1% of the 377 Powerball drawings and was last seen May 4, 2019.

The [1-1-1-2-1] General Order, now with 40 appearances, has played in 28.6% of the 140 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. This General Order has also played in 10.6% of all 377 drawings.

Now with twelve appearances, the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order has played in 30% of the 40 drawings where the General Order was [1-1-1-2-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 8.57% of the 140 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 3.18% of all 377 drawings.

Both the [1-1-1-2-1] General Order and the 1 1 1 0 2 1 Specific Order were last seen April 20, 2019.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination, 7, 33, and PB 4, debuted January 10, 2018.

Things look to heat up for at least one of these lotteries Saturday night. Both Patterns are notorious for streaks. After all, that’s part of why they are the most commonly seen! Pattern encores or no, someone is either going to walk away with the prize money or the prizes are going to continue to climb.

Lotto Texas and Powerball had the joint honor of kicking off the month. Great minds thought alike May 1^st as both, yes both, lotteries saw Pattern encores! They also shared a love of thwarting all efforts to win the jackpot. With no grand prize winners in either Lotto Texas or Powerball, their respective pots are now $6.25 million and $199 million.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The {3-2-1} Pattern made its 869^th appearance with winning numbers 5, 7, 17, 25, 42, and 50.

Of the 1651 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has played 52.6% of the time. This appearance of the {3-2-1} Pattern is really a three-peat. The last we saw of this Pattern was the April 27, 2019 drawing and before then, April 24, 2019.

Now with 165 appearances, the 3 1 2 Specific Order played in roughly 19% of the 869 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1651 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 9.99% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 3 1 2 Specific Order played March 16, 2019.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Four-Number Combination, 17, 25, 42, and 50, debuted October 25, 2000.

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 5, 23, 28, 56, 66, and PB 17, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 138^th appearance.

Of the 373 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played roughly 37% of the time.

The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order, now with 39 appearances, has played in 28.3% of the 138 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. When taking all 373 drawings into account, this General Order has played 10.5% of the time.

Both the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern and the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order were last seen April 27, 2019. It turned out that not only did the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern make an encore, so did the [1-2-1-1-1] General Order! Could this mean a playback was in the cards for Powerball?

Not necessarily. With its eighth appearance, the 1 2 0 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 20.5% of the 39 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 5.80% of the 138 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 373 drawings are considered, this Specific Order has played 2.14% of the time. Prior to Wednesday night, the 1 2 0 1 1 1 Specific Order was last seen April 17, 2019.

Three-Number Combination(s)

Amidst the madness was one repeating Three-Number Combination: 23, 28, and 56.

This Combination made its debut June 6, 2018.

Will this coming Saturday night be one full of Pattern streaks?

Lotto Texas and Powerball bid adieu to the month this past Saturday. One word that describes the night of April 27, 2019 is “Explosive”! The weekend was ablaze with both lotteries playing their most commonly-seen Patterns, one of which made an encore. Additionally, the lotteries continued to enjoy the perks of repeating Three and Four-Number Combinations.

With no one to claim the grand prizes, Lotto Texas and Powerball will be heading into May with $6 million and $181 million dollars up for grabs, respectively.

Lotto Texas

General Lottery Analysis

The week belonged to the {3-2-1} Pattern. Fresh from this past Wednesday, this Pattern made an encore with winning numbers 1, 14, 26, 32, 35, and 37 and has now played 868 times!

Of the 1650 Lotto Texas drawings, this Pattern has played 52.6% of the time.

Now with 142 appearances, the 2 3 1 Specific Order has played in 16.4% of the 868 drawings where {3-2-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 1650 drawings have been taken into consideration, this Specific Order has played 8.61% of the time. Prior to Saturday night, the 2 3 1 Specific Order played April 3, 2019.

Four-Number Combination(s)

The cup ranneth over for repeating Four-Number Combinations!

• 1, 14, 35, 37 (Debuted December 23, 2015)
• 1, 14, 32, 37 (Debuted January 25, 2017)
• 1, 14, 26, 37 (Debuted December 10, 2016)

Powerball

General Lottery Analysis

With winning numbers 2, 29, 31, 45, 62, and PB 6, the {2-1-1-1-1} Pattern made its 137^th appearance.

Of the 372 Powerball drawings, this Pattern has played 36.8% of the time and was last seen April 20, 2019.

The [1-2-1-1-1] General Order, now with 38 appearances, has played in 27.7% of the 137 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern. Once all 372 drawings have been taken into consideration, this General Order has played 10.2% of the time. The [1-2-1-1-1] was last seen April 17, 2019.

Now with ten appearances, the 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order has played in 34.2% of the 38 drawings where the General Order was [1-2-1-1-1]. This Specific Order has also played in 9.49% of the 137 drawings where {2-1-1-1-1} was the winning Pattern and in 3.49% of all 372 drawings. Prior to Saturday night, the 1 0 2 1 1 1 Specific Order played January 16, 2019.

Three-Number Combination(s)

The lone repeating Three-Number Combination of the evening, 2, 29, and PB 6, made its debut January 30, 2019.

With April in the rear-view mirror, May looks to be a month in “crazy- large jackpot” territory. Considering the Patterns that we saw this past Saturday, it’s possible that one or both will start the month with an encore. Of course, anything is possible in the lottery world, and we’ll need to watch Wednesday closely.