The short answer. Texas Two Step is a Texas Lottery game drawn every Monday and Thursday
at 10:12 PM Central. Four numbers are drawn from 1 to 35, then a Bonus Ball is drawn from a second,
separate set of 1 to 35. The two steps are checked separately, and the Bonus Ball is allowed to repeat
one of the four main numbers.
How does Texas Two Step work?
The name describes the draw. Step one: four numbers come out of a set numbered 1 to 35. Step two: a single
Bonus Ball comes out of a completely separate set, also numbered 1 to 35. Your ticket mirrors that shape,
with four main numbers and one Bonus Ball number on each line.
Texas Two Step, read from our catalogue | Game | You pick | Drawn | Draw time |
|---|
| Texas Two Step |
4 numbers from 1–35 + Bonus Ball 1–35 |
Monday and Thursday |
11:12 PM ET |
Most recent Texas Two Step draw on record: 12 Oct 2026 — 2, 28, 25, 8 + BB 24.
On this site the Bonus Ball is shown after the four main numbers with the letters BB in front of it. So a
result written as four numbers followed by “+ BB 12” means the Bonus Ball that night was 12,
whatever the four main numbers were.
Why can the Bonus Ball repeat a main number?
Same range, different set
Most games with a bonus ball use a second pool that is smaller than the first, so nobody expects the two to
overlap. Two Step is unusual: both sets run from 1 to 35. It looks as if the Bonus Ball should be a fifth
ball from the same set, and people are often surprised when it comes out as a number already drawn. It is
not a fifth ball. It is a separate draw from its own set of 35, and nothing stops it landing on a number
that is also among the main four.
How often that happens
Four of the 35 possible Bonus Balls will match one of that night’s main
numbers, whatever they are. So on average about one draw in every
8.8 will show a repeat. When you see one on our results page,
it is the real result, not a typing error, and our records keep it exactly as drawn.
The repeat matters when you check a ticket. Suppose the main numbers include 9 and the Bonus Ball is also 9.
If your line has 9 among its four main numbers, that is one main-number match. If your line has 9 as its
Bonus Ball number, that is a Bonus Ball match. Only if you have 9 in both places do you get both. Each part
of your line is compared with its own part of the draw, and never across.
What are the Texas Two Step odds?
Texas Two Step top-prize odds: there are 52,360 ways to choose 4 numbers from 1–35, and the Bonus Ball is drawn from a separate pool of 35, so matching everything is 1 in 1,832,600. This is arithmetic on the game’s format, not a claim about any draw.
Those two factors are worth seeing separately. There are
52,360 ways to choose four numbers from 35, so matching the
main draw alone is a 1 in 52,360 event. The Bonus Ball then
multiplies that by 35, because it has to be right as well and is drawn independently.
That second step is why the jackpot is so much harder than the four-number match on its own, even though
it is only one ball.
By the standards of US jackpot games, those odds are short. A Two Step line is about
14.1 times more likely to
hit its jackpot than a line of Lotto Texas, the state’s bigger six-number game, which we cover in
our Lotto Texas guide. The trade-off, as always, is that a smaller
game builds a smaller prize. Current prize amounts are set by the Texas Lottery.
What time is Texas Two Step in the UAE and India?
Texas draws on Central time, an hour behind New York, and our catalogue lists the draw as 11:12 PM Eastern
so that it sits alongside the other US times. Either way, it is the small hours or early morning in the
Gulf and South Asia.
Texas draw times where you are, converted for today | Game | Local draw time | UAE (GST) | India (IST) | Pakistan (PKT) | UK |
|---|
| Texas Two Step |
11:12 PM ET |
7:12 AM (next day) |
8:42 AM (next day) |
8:12 AM (next day) |
4:12 AM (next day) |
| Lotto Texas |
11:12 PM ET |
7:12 AM (next day) |
8:42 AM (next day) |
8:12 AM (next day) |
4:12 AM (next day) |
Converted for 13 October 2026. US clocks change in March and November, which moves every US draw by an hour against the Gulf and India; this table is recalculated every time the page loads.
Monday is the one night when both Texas games draw, at the same time. A reader following Texas from Dubai
or Chennai therefore gets two Texas results on Tuesday morning, then a Lotto Texas result alone on Thursday
morning, a Two Step result alone on Friday morning, and Lotto Texas again on Sunday morning. Our archive
always files a result under the Texas date, which is the day before your own.
How do I check a Texas Two Step ticket?
- Open the Texas Two Step results page and find the draw with the date printed on your ticket.
- Step one: count how many of your four main numbers appear among the four drawn main numbers. Order does not matter.
- Step two: check whether your Bonus Ball number equals the drawn Bonus Ball. Ignore the main numbers entirely for this step.
- Write the result as a pair, such as “three plus Bonus Ball” or “two, no Bonus Ball”. Prize tiers in games of this type are described that way.
- Confirm with the Texas Lottery whether that pair wins and what it pays. The operator’s own record is the only one that decides a prize.
Where Two Step checks usually go wrong
Almost every mistake comes from treating the draw as five numbers in one pile. Someone sees their Bonus
Ball number among the four main numbers and counts it as a match; it is not, because it was compared with
the wrong step. Someone else has a main number that equals the drawn Bonus Ball and counts that; also not
a match. The opposite slip happens too, when a repeat on the results page is taken for a typing error and
the Bonus Ball is ignored altogether. Keep the two steps in separate columns, on paper if need be, and
none of these can happen.
The Texas lottery results page lists Two Step with the other Texas
game we follow and shows a live Texas clock, so you can tell whether tonight’s draw has happened.
An independent results site. We have no connection with the Texas Lottery, do not sell tickets and
cannot confirm a prize. Who may play depends on where you are, and prices and prizes are the
operator’s to set. Ask them.
Can past Two Step results help pick numbers?
No. The four main balls and the Bonus Ball are drawn fresh every Monday and Thursday. A number that has
been missing from the Bonus Ball draw for a month is exactly as likely next time as one that came up last
week. The same goes for repeats: a draw in which the Bonus Ball matched a main number makes the next repeat
neither more nor less likely.
If you like to look at the history, the lucky numbers page shows frequency
counts for Two Step alongside a measurement of how that approach performs against random choice. It is
level with chance, which is what independence predicts.
