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Texas Two Step · draw

Thursday, 24 December 2020

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 11
  3. 26
  4. 35
  5. 25

Jackpot$200,000

The crowdHeld 5% 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 1,145 of 1,266 under them

← 2020-12-21All recent draws2020-12-28 →

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 11 26 35 + 2529 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 1,144 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 24 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap69th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread98th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 131 of each

2130times
11104times
26131times
35108times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

2528times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,144 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 (11, 26, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 June 2010 — its closest relative in 1,144 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 40% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (3% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

74

The numbers add up to 74 — the 53th 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

35 had not appeared for 25 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less 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 · 2020-12-24

  • Lines in play≈ 487kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$128Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 33lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.27

Where the money went

  • Match 318%$22.4K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus26%$33.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus33%$41.8K
  • 3 other tiers24%$30.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.27 by chance$200,000
  2. Match 49≈ 9.0 by chance$1,521
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus34≈ 33 by chance$49.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus703≈ 742 by chance$21.00
  5. Match 31,069≈ 1.1k by chance$21.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus4,794≈ 4.8k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus8,365≈ 8.4k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈487k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus — 703 winners, 5% fewer than the 742 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$200,000
Match 49$1,521
Match 3 plus Bonus34$49.00
Match 31,069$21.00
Match 2 plus Bonus703$21.00
Match 1 plus Bonus4,794$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus8,365$5.00
Totals14,974—