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Texas Two Step · draw

Thursday, 3 January 2019

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 24
  5. 8

Jackpot$1,050,000

The crowdHeld 9% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022draw 939 of 1,266 under them

← 2018-12-31All recent draws2019-01-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 15 16 24 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Texas Two Step was a 4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 938 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd48th
  • low81th
  • widest gap62th
  • neighbours83th
  • spread55th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 107 of each

198times
15129times
16112times
2491times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

824times

Every number was expected about that many times after 938 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 4 numbers (15, 16) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 December 2018 — its closest relative in 938 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2018): 16 carried over. Chance says 40% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (3% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

56

The numbers add up to 56 — the 20th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 72. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 28 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2019-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 972kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.3Mto 30k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 33lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus1 winnerchance said 0.53

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus81%$1.1M
  • Match 1 plus Bonus5.1%$65.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus6.4%$83.4K
  • 4 other tiers7.8%$101.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus1≈ 0.53 by chance$1,050,000
  2. Match 416≈ 18 by chance$1,655
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus63≈ 66 by chance$52.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus1,430≈ 1.5k by chance$20.00
  5. Match 32,036≈ 2.2k by chance$21.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus9,381≈ 9.5k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus16,683≈ 17k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈972k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,036 winners, 9% fewer than the 2.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 4 plus Bonus1$1,050,000
Match 416$1,655
Match 3 plus Bonus63$52.00
Match 32,036$21.00
Match 2 plus Bonus1,430$20.00
Match 1 plus Bonus9,381$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus16,683$5.00
Totals29,610—