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Texas Two Step · draw

Thursday, 7 January 2021

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 17
  3. 21
  4. 23
  5. 20

Jackpot$225,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 1,149 of 1,266 under them

← 2021-01-04All recent draws2021-01-11 →

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 17 21 23 + 2029 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 1,148 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 7 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd97th
  • low48th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 131 of each

1131times
17127times
21124times
23131times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

2043times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,148 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, 17, 23) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 September 2018 — its closest relative in 1,148 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2021): 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

62

The numbers add up to 62 — the 30th 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

17 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 1.5× 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 · 2021-01-07

  • Lines in play≈ 571kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$142.6Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 33lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 317%$24.3K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus26%$37.7K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus34%$49K
  • 3 other tiers22%$31.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.31 by chance$225,000
  2. Match 410≈ 11 by chance$1,438
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus42≈ 39 by chance$42.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus862≈ 869 by chance$18.00
  5. Match 31,213≈ 1.3k by chance$20.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus5,386≈ 5.6k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus9,804≈ 9.8k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈571k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,213 winners, 8% fewer than the 1.3k 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 410$1,438
Match 3 plus Bonus42$42.00
Match 31,213$20.00
Match 2 plus Bonus862$18.00
Match 1 plus Bonus5,386$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus9,804$5.00
Totals17,317—