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Texas Two Step · draw

Monday, 18 January 2021

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 18
  4. 28
  5. 15

Jackpot$775,000

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 1,152 of 1,266 under them

← 2021-01-14All recent draws2021-01-21 →

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 5 18 28 + 1529 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 1,151 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 18 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd48th
  • low81th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread76th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 132 of each

1133times
5133times
18130times
28119times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

1533times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,151 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, 5, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 May 2019 — its closest relative in 1,151 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 January 2021): 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

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

28 had not appeared for 20 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 · 2021-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 981kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1Mto 31k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 32lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus1 winnerchance said 0.54

Where the money went

  • Match 4 plus Bonus75%$775K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus6.6%$68.2K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus8.1%$84.2K
  • 4 other tiers10%$108.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus1≈ 0.54 by chance$775,000
  2. Match 417≈ 18 by chance$1,664
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus76≈ 66 by chance$45.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus1,621≈ 1.5k by chance$19.00
  5. Match 32,310≈ 2.3k by chance$20.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus9,737≈ 9.6k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus16,840≈ 17k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈981k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus — 1,621 winners, 9% more than the 1.5k 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$775,000
Match 417$1,664
Match 3 plus Bonus76$45.00
Match 32,310$20.00
Match 2 plus Bonus1,621$19.00
Match 1 plus Bonus9,737$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus16,840$5.00
Totals30,602—