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Texas Two Step · draw

Thursday, 8 April 2021

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 24

Jackpot$400,000

The crowdHeld 3% 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 1,175 of 1,266 under them

← 2021-04-05All recent draws2021-04-12 →

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 8 26 29 + 2429 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 1,174 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 8 April 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd16th
  • low48th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread76th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 134 of each

2132times
8148times
26138times
29128times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 34 of each

2435times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,174 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 (2, 26, 29) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 21 May 2015 — its closest relative in 1,174 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 April 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

65

The numbers add up to 65 — the 35th 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

2 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 · 2021-04-08

  • Lines in play≈ 653kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$173.5Kto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 32lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.36

Where the money went

  • Match 318%$31K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus26%$44.9K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus32%$56.1K
  • 3 other tiers24%$41.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.36 by chance$400,000
  2. Match 414≈ 12 by chance$1,356
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus52≈ 44 by chance$44.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus924≈ 994 by chance$22.00
  5. Match 31,549≈ 1.5k by chance$20.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus6,408≈ 6.4k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus11,214≈ 11k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈653k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus — 924 winners, 7% fewer than the 994 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$400,000
Match 414$1,356
Match 3 plus Bonus52$44.00
Match 31,549$20.00
Match 2 plus Bonus924$22.00
Match 1 plus Bonus6,408$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus11,214$5.00
Totals20,161—