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2by2 · draw

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Result2by2

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 16
  3. 24
  4. 26

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 1,075 of 2,502 under them

← 2012-12-17All recent draws2012-12-19 →

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 16 24 2629 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 1,074 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 18 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd2th
  • low17th
  • widest gap37th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread60th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 165 of each

8180times
16180times
24159times
26159times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,074 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 · 2012-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 10kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$48.4Kto 6.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2lines took a prize
  • Match 40 winnerschance said 0.69

Where the money went

  • Match 33.1%$1.5K
  • Match 22.7%$1.3K
  • Match 491%$44.0K
  • 2 other tiers3.3%$1.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 40≈ 0.69 by chance$22,000
  2. Match 3

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (8, 24, 26) with the draw of 30 October 2012 — its closest relative in 1,074 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 December 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 51% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

74

The numbers add up to 74 — the 91th 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

16 had not appeared for 6 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 1.3× 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≈ 61 by chance
$100
  • Match 2432≈ 955 by chance$3.00
  • Match 14,244≈ 4.2k by chance—
  • Match 41$44,000
  • Match 33$200
  • Match 2163$6.00
  • Match 11,737—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈10k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 432 winners, 55% fewer than the 955 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 2432$3.00
    Match 14,244$0.00
    Match 4 (Tuesday Doubler)1$44,000
    Match 3 (Tuesday Doubler)3$200
    Match 2 (Tuesday Doubler)163$6.00
    Match 1 (Tuesday Doubler)1,737$0.00
    Totals6,595—