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Texas Two Step · draw

Monday, 17 May 2021

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 13
  3. 20
  4. 28
  5. 25

Jackpot$775,000

The crowdHeld about as often as 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 1,186 of 1,266 under them

← 2021-05-13All recent draws2021-05-20 →

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 feed7 13 20 28 + 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 1,185 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 17 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

78oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 78 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread44th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 135 of each

7131times
13131times
20137times
28123times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 34 of each

2530times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,185 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 (7, 20, 28) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 July 2019 — its closest relative in 1,185 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 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

68

The numbers add up to 68 — the 41th 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

7 had not appeared for 17 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 1.3× 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 · 2021-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 923kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$246.8Kto 29k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 32lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.50

Where the money went

  • Match 318%$44.5K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus26%$64.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus32%$79.2K
  • 3 other tiers24%$58.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.50 by chance$775,000
  2. Match 422≈ 17 by chance$1,201
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus55≈ 62 by chance$59.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus1,444≈ 1.4k by chance$20.00
  5. Match 32,117≈ 2.1k by chance$21.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus9,225≈ 9.1k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus15,849≈ 16k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈923k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus — 1,444 winners, 3% more than the 1.4k 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$775,000
Match 422$1,201
Match 3 plus Bonus55$59.00
Match 32,117$21.00
Match 2 plus Bonus1,444$20.00
Match 1 plus Bonus9,225$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus15,849$5.00
Totals28,712—