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2by2 · draw

Friday, 23 December 2016

Result2by2

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 8

Jackpot$44,000

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 38 of 1,768 under them

← 2016-12-22All recent draws2016-12-24 →

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 3 829 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 37 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 23 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd70th
  • low95th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours39th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

13times
35times
87times

Every number was expected about that many times after 37 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 →

Its nearest twin

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-23

  • Lines in play≈ 24kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$49.8Kto 7.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 3lines took a prize
  • Match 334 winnerschance said 9.3

Where the money went

  • Match 36.8%$3.4K
  • Match 24.8%$2.4K
  • Match 488%$44.0K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 334≈ 9.3 by chance$100
  2. Match 2

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

Shares 2 of 3 numbers (1, 3) with the draw of 17 December 2016 — its closest relative in 37 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

12

The numbers add up to 12 — the 1th 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

8 had not appeared for 10 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 1.9× 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 →
803≈ 638 by chance
$3.00
  • Match 17,022≈ 7.0k by chance—
  • Match 42$22,000
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈24k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 803 winners, 26% more than the 638 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more 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 42$22,000
    Match 334$100
    Match 2803$3.00
    Match 17,022$0.00
    Totals7,861—