Layout of all Lotto Texas numbers – 1996

1996: The year in numbers

Lotto Texas 1996: all 104 draws from Jan 3, 1996 to Dec 28, 1996 with the winning numbers, by month; click a date for the prize breakdown.

Most drawn numbers that year: 2, 12, 10, 16, 19 – least drawn: 38, 40, 23.

The sum of the winning numbers averaged 146.5 (chance expectation 165.0); the highest sum of the year was 211 on Jan 13, 1996, the lowest 67 on Dec 4, 1996.

50.8% of the drawn numbers were even (expected 50.0%). In 55 draws (53%) two consecutive numbers such as 12 and 13 came up together; chance expects that in 46% of draws.

On average 0.80 number from the previous draw was drawn again (expected 0.67). Never drawn that year: 51, 52, 53, 54.

Numbers from the range 1–10 came up most often (136 hits), those from 31–40 least often (104). Such deviations are part of chance: they even out over many years, and none of them helps with the next draw.