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2by2 · draw

Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Result2by2

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 14
  3. 14
  4. 18

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 956 of 2,502 under them

← 2012-08-20All recent draws2012-08-22 →

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 feed8 14 14 1829 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 955 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 21 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd2th
  • low17th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread12th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 147 of each

8155times
14154times
14154times
18151times

Every number was expected about that many times after 955 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 · 2012-08-21

  • Lines in play≈ 9.5kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.9Kto 5.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2lines took a prize
  • Match 40 winnerschance said 0.63

Where the money went

  • Match 331%$1.5K
  • Match 227%$1.3K
  • Match 325%$1.2K
  • 1 other tier18%$876.0
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 40≈ 0.63 by chance$22,000
  2. Match 3

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Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (8, 14, 14) with the draw of 31 December 2010 — its closest relative in 955 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 51% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

54

The numbers add up to 54 — the 49th 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

14 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 6 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
15≈ 56 by chance
$100
  • Match 2433≈ 879 by chance$3.00
  • Match 13,907≈ 3.9k by chance—
  • Match 40$44,000
  • Match 36$200
  • Match 2146$6.00
  • Match 11,340—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.5k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 433 winners, 51% fewer than the 879 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 315$100
    Match 2433$3.00
    Match 13,907$0.00
    Match 4 (Tuesday Doubler)0$44,000
    Match 3 (Tuesday Doubler)6$200
    Match 2 (Tuesday Doubler)146$6.00
    Match 1 (Tuesday Doubler)1,340$0.00
    Totals5,847—