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Texas Two Step · draw

Monday, 18 October 2021

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 17
  3. 20
  4. 32
  5. 28

Jackpot$925,000

The crowdHeld 6% 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 1,230 of 1,266 under them

← 2021-10-14All recent draws2021-10-21 →

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 feed5 17 20 32 + 2829 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 1,229 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 October 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

82oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 82 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap47th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread76th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 140 of each

5140times
17134times
20142times
32136times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

2830times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,229 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 (5, 17, 32) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 May 2021 — its closest relative in 1,229 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 October 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

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

5 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 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 · 2021-10-18

  • Lines in play≈ 943kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$250.7Kto 29k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 32lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.51

Where the money went

  • Match 318%$45.9K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus25%$63.6K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus32%$81K
  • 3 other tiers24%$60.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.51 by chance$925,000
  2. Match 428≈ 17 by chance$982
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus62≈ 64 by chance$54.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus1,398≈ 1.4k by chance$21.00
  5. Match 32,296≈ 2.2k by chance$20.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus9,087≈ 9.3k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus16,195≈ 16k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈943k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,296 winners, 6% more than the 2.2k 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$925,000
Match 428$982
Match 3 plus Bonus62$54.00
Match 32,296$20.00
Match 2 plus Bonus1,398$21.00
Match 1 plus Bonus9,087$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus16,195$5.00
Totals29,066—