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Texas Two Step · draw

Monday, 16 March 2020

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 25
  4. 27
  5. 18

Jackpot$500,000

The crowdHeld 10% 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 1,064 of 1,266 under them

← 2020-03-12All recent draws2020-03-19 →

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 2 25 27 + 1829 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 1,063 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 16 March 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd81th
  • low48th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours83th
  • spread71th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 121 of each

1118times
2124times
25137times
27107times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

1829times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,063 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 3 of 4 numbers (1, 25, 27) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 January 2020 — its closest relative in 1,063 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 March 2020): 1 carried over. Chance says 40% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (3% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

55

The numbers add up to 55 — the 19th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 72. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 13 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 1.6× 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 · 2020-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 679kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$677.1Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 32lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus1 winnerchance said 0.37

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus74%$500K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus7.0%$47.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus8.6%$58.3K
  • 4 other tiers11%$71.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus1≈ 0.37 by chance$500,000
  2. Match 412≈ 13 by chance$1,544
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus49≈ 46 by chance$46.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus1,052≈ 1.0k by chance$19.00
  5. Match 31,410≈ 1.6k by chance$22.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus6,725≈ 6.7k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus11,656≈ 12k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈679k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,410 winners, 10% fewer than the 1.6k 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$500,000
Match 412$1,544
Match 3 plus Bonus49$46.00
Match 31,410$22.00
Match 2 plus Bonus1,052$19.00
Match 1 plus Bonus6,725$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus11,656$5.00
Totals20,905—