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Texas Two Step · draw

Thursday, 14 May 2020

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 30
  5. 29

Jackpot$325,000

The crowdHeld 21% 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 1,081 of 1,266 under them

← 2020-05-11All recent draws2020-05-18 →

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 8 11 30 + 2929 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 1,080 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 14 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd48th
  • low81th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread76th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 123 of each

3118times
8137times
1198times
30143times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

2914times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,080 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 (3, 8, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 July 2011 — its closest relative in 1,080 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 2020): 8, 30 carried over. Chance says 40% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (3% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

52

The numbers add up to 52 — the 15th 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

3 had not appeared for 8 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 2.3× 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.

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Prize breakdown · 2020-05-14

  • Lines in play≈ 499kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$462.5Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 32lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus1 winnerchance said 0.27

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus70%$325K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus7.6%$35.1K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus9.3%$42.9K
  • 4 other tiers13%$59.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus1≈ 0.27 by chance$325,000
  2. Match 413≈ 9.3 by chance$1,194
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus28≈ 34 by chance$68.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus778≈ 760 by chance$22.00
  5. Match 31,387≈ 1.1k by chance$18.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus5,016≈ 4.9k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus8,575≈ 8.6k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈499k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,387 winners, 21% more than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 4 plus Bonus1$325,000
Match 413$1,194
Match 3 plus Bonus28$68.00
Match 31,387$18.00
Match 2 plus Bonus778$22.00
Match 1 plus Bonus5,016$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus8,575$5.00
Totals15,798—