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2by2 · draw

Tuesday, 3 January 2023

Result2by2

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 16
  3. 21
  4. 26

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 · since Nov 2022draw 42 of 1,377 under them

← 2023-01-02All recent draws2023-01-04 →

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 16 21 2629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd50th
  • low17th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread99th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

14times
165times
216times
262times

Every number was expected about that many times after 41 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 · 2023-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 15kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$6.2Kto 9.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2lines took a prize
  • Match 40 winnerschance said 0.99

Where the money went

  • Match 336%$2.2K
  • Match 230%$1.9K
  • Match 221%$1.3K
  • 1 other tier13%$800.0
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 40≈ 0.99 by chance$22,000
  2. Match 3

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (16, 21, 26) with the draw of 18 December 2022 — its closest relative in 41 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 22% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 51% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

64

The numbers add up to 64 — the 74th 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

1 had not appeared for 18 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 1.2× 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 →
22≈ 87 by chance
$100
  • Match 2622≈ 1.4k by chance$3.00
  • Match 16,104≈ 6.1k by chance—
  • Match 40$44,000
  • Match 34$200
  • Match 2214$6.00
  • Match 12,205—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈15k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 622 winners, 55% fewer than the 1.4k 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 322$100
    Match 2622$3.00
    Match 16,104$0.00
    Match 4 (Tuesday Doubler)0$44,000
    Match 3 (Tuesday Doubler)4$200
    Match 2 (Tuesday Doubler)214$6.00
    Match 1 (Tuesday Doubler)2,205$0.00
    Totals9,171—