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Texas Two Step · draw

Thursday, 2 May 2019

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 21
  3. 22
  4. 27
  5. 26

Jackpot$225,000

The crowdHeld 4% more 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 973 of 1,266 under them

← 2019-04-29All recent draws2019-05-06 →

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 feed17 21 22 27 + 2629 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 972 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 2 May 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd81th
  • low16th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours83th
  • spread5th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each

17110times
21106times
22120times
2798times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

2621times

Every number was expected about that many times after 972 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 3 of 4 numbers (17, 21, 22) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 May 2012 — its closest relative in 972 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 April 2019): 17 carried over. Chance says 40% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (3% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

87

The numbers add up to 87 — the 77th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 72. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 15 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 1.3× 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 · 2019-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 452kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$122.3Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 32lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • Match 319%$22.8K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus25%$30.8K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus32%$38.8K
  • 3 other tiers24%$29.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.25 by chance$225,000
  2. Match 44≈ 8.4 by chance$3,325
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus28≈ 31 by chance$58.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus711≈ 688 by chance$21.00
  5. Match 31,086≈ 1.0k by chance$21.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus4,403≈ 4.4k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus7,756≈ 7.8k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈452k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,086 winners, 5% more than the 1.0k 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 Bonus0$225,000
Match 44$3,325
Match 3 plus Bonus28$58.00
Match 31,086$21.00
Match 2 plus Bonus711$21.00
Match 1 plus Bonus4,403$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus7,756$5.00
Totals13,988—