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2by2 · draw

Thursday, 18 August 2022

Result2by2

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 13
  3. 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

Rules3/26 · Nov 2016 – Sep 2022draw 1,737 of 1,768 under them

← 2022-08-17All recent draws2022-08-19 →

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 feed3 13 1829 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 1,736 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 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd70th
  • low70th
  • widest gap54th
  • neighbours39th
  • spread59th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 200 of each

3279times
13182times
18199times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,736 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 · 2022-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 26kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.8Kto 8.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 3lines took a prize
  • Match 336 winnerschance said 10

Where the money went

  • Match 362%$3.6K
  • Match 238%$2.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 336≈ 10 by chance$100
  2. Match 2746

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Its nearest twin

This exact draw has happened before, on 21 August 2019. Chance gave a match this close a 49% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2022): 3 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

34

The numbers add up to 34 — the 30th 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

18 had not appeared for 25 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
≈ 695 by chance
$3.00
  • Match 17,648≈ 7.6k by chance—
  • Match 40$22,000
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈26k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 746 winners, 7% more than the 695 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 336$100
    Match 2746$3.00
    Match 17,648$0.00
    Totals8,430—