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Texas Two Step · draw

Thursday, 16 April 2020

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 18
  4. 23
  5. 8

Jackpot$225,000

The crowdHeld 2% 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 1,073 of 1,266 under them

← 2020-04-13All recent draws2020-04-20 →

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 feed2 3 18 23 + 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 1,072 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 April 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd48th
  • low81th
  • widest gap69th
  • neighbours83th
  • spread44th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 123 of each

2125times
3117times
18117times
23118times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

827times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,072 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 23 January 2020 — its closest relative in 1,072 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 April 2020): 3 carried over. Chance says 40% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (3% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

46

The numbers add up to 46 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 72. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 12 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 1.8× 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 · 2020-04-16

  • Lines in play≈ 440kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$114.7Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 32lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.24

Where the money went

  • Match 317%$19.6K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus27%$30.4K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus33%$37.8K
  • 3 other tiers23%$26.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.24 by chance$225,000
  2. Match 43≈ 8.2 by chance$4,012
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus29≈ 30 by chance$51.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus703≈ 670 by chance$19.00
  5. Match 31,034≈ 1.0k by chance$19.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus4,349≈ 4.3k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus7,551≈ 7.6k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈440k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus — 703 winners, 5% more than the 670 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 43$4,012
Match 3 plus Bonus29$51.00
Match 31,034$19.00
Match 2 plus Bonus703$19.00
Match 1 plus Bonus4,349$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus7,551$5.00
Totals13,669—