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2by2 · draw

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Result2by2

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 21
  3. 23

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

Rules3/26 · Nov 2016 – Sep 2022draw 36 of 1,768 under them

← 2016-12-20All recent draws2016-12-22 →

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 feed1 21 2329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

2by2 was a 3/26 · Nov 2016 – Sep 2022 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 35 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 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd95th
  • low31th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours39th
  • spread93th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

12times
213times
235times

Every number was expected about that many times after 35 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.

Frequency Explorer →

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-21

  • Lines in play≈ 23kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.7Kto 7.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 3lines took a prize
  • Match 327 winnerschance said 8.8

Where the money went

  • Match 358%$2.7K
  • Match 242%$2.0K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 327≈ 8.8 by chance$100
  2. Match 2656

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Its nearest twin

Shares 1 of 3 numbers (23) with the draw of 20 December 2016 — its closest relative in 35 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2016): 23 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

45

The numbers add up to 45 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 41. No two numbers side by side. 22% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 23 draws. A number waits about 9 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 →
≈ 610 by chance
$3.00
  • Match 16,709≈ 6.7k by chance—
  • Match 40$22,000
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈23k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 656 winners, 8% more than the 610 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 40$22,000
    Match 327$100
    Match 2656$3.00
    Match 16,709$0.00
    Totals7,392—