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2by2 · draw

Thursday, 5 January 2012

Result2by2

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 11
  4. 16

Jackpot$22,000

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

Rules4/26 · Jan 2010 – Nov 2016draw 730 of 2,502 under them

← 2012-01-04All recent draws2012-01-06 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:39 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 5 11 1629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

2by2 was a 4/26 · Jan 2010 – Nov 2016 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 729 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd50th
  • low83th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread33th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each

2111times
5109times
11111times
16119times

Every number was expected about that many times after 729 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.

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 14kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.5Kto 6.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2lines took a prize
  • Match 40 winnerschance said 0.96

Where the money went

  • Match 356%$2.5K
  • Match 244%$2.0K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 40≈ 0.96 by chance$22,000
  2. Match 325≈ 85 by chance

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (2, 5, 11) with the draw of 1 October 2011 — its closest relative in 729 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 51% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

34

The numbers add up to 34 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 54. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 8 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.5× 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$100
  • Match 2665≈ 1.3k by chance$3.00
  • Match 15,933≈ 5.9k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 665 winners, 50% fewer than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 40$22,000
    Match 325$100
    Match 2665$3.00
    Match 15,933$0.00
    Totals6,623—