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Texas Two Step · draw

Thursday, 23 January 2020

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 16

Jackpot$500,000

The crowdHeld 9% 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 1,049 of 1,266 under them

← 2020-01-20All recent draws2020-01-27 →

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 feed3 16 18 20 + 1629 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 1,048 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 23 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd16th
  • low81th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread26th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 120 of each

3112times
16127times
18114times
20121times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

1630times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,048 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 4 numbers (3, 18) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 July 2019 — its closest relative in 1,048 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2020): 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

57

The numbers add up to 57 — the 22th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 72. No two numbers side by side. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 22 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 1.7× 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.

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Prize breakdown · 2020-01-23

  • Lines in play≈ 608kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$166.1Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 32lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.33

Where the money went

  • Match 318%$30.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus26%$43.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus31%$52.2K
  • 3 other tiers24%$40.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.33 by chance$500,000
  2. Match 412≈ 11 by chance$1,512
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus43≈ 41 by chance$51.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus956≈ 925 by chance$21.00
  5. Match 31,521≈ 1.4k by chance$20.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus6,156≈ 6.0k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus10,434≈ 10k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈608k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,521 winners, 9% more than the 1.4k 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$500,000
Match 412$1,512
Match 3 plus Bonus43$51.00
Match 31,521$20.00
Match 2 plus Bonus956$21.00
Match 1 plus Bonus6,156$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus10,434$5.00
Totals19,122—