Number 2

In 2by2 under the 4/26 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,377 draws, 4 from 1–26.

224times drawn · chance expected 212 +0.91σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 37% for any number

6.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

30longest completed wait · 83% chance of one at least that long

2 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 224 times in 1,377 draws against 211.8 expected, +0.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 224 times in 1,377 draws · average wait 6.1 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 7 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 2 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest189 · chance 197.1
2nd smallest33 · chance 26.9
3rd smallest2 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 24 25 16 19 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 2 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 26. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 2 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-23	1	2nd	1 2 9 18
2026-08-22	2	1st	2 6 21 23
2026-08-20	4	1st	2 13 19 25
2026-08-16	4	1st	2 6 7 22
2026-08-12	10	1st	2 10

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 2 is drawn with probability 4/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-11	3	1st	2 7 20 23
2026-04-08	2	1st	2 13 18 23
2026-04-06	3	1st	2 9 12 17
2026-04-03	10	1st	2 7 10 25
2026-03-24	5	1st	2 15 16 21
2026-03-19	4	1st	2 13 16 26
2026-03-15	0	1st	2 9 17
2026-03-15	2	1st	2 9 17
2026-03-13	5	1st	2 14 23 24
2026-03-08	7	1st	2 19 24 26
2026-03-01	10	1st	2 10 25 26
2026-02-19	0	1st	2 11 15
2026-02-19	7	1st	2 11 15
2026-02-12	2	1st	2 5 14 19
2026-02-10	17	1st	2 16 19 21
2026-01-24	7	1st	2 4 10 14
2026-01-17	4	1st	2 10 16 18
2026-01-13	6	1st	2 3 9 24
2026-01-07	14	1st	2 4 7 24
2025-12-24	10	1st	2 5 10 20
2025-12-14	4	1st	2 15 16 24
2025-12-10	4	1st	2 3 6 13
2025-12-06	7	1st	2 23 23 24
2025-11-29	3	1st	2 5 12 25
2025-11-26	6	2nd	1 2 3 6
2025-11-20	4	2nd	1 2 10 26
2025-11-16	3	1st	2 6 8 20
2025-11-13	3	1st	2 10 26 26
2025-11-10	2	1st	2 7 22 24
2025-11-08	10	1st	2 3 19 25
2025-10-29	4	1st	2 3 15 26
2025-10-25	12	1st	2 4 9 13
2025-10-13	5	2nd	1 2 9 10
2025-10-08	4	2nd	1 2 8 19
2025-10-04	11	1st	2 14 15 17
2025-09-23	1	1st	2 3 8 11
2025-09-22	6	1st	2 16 25 26
2025-09-16	2	1st	2 9 16 21
2025-09-14	5	1st	2 4 10 22
2025-09-09	1	1st	2 15 22 25
2025-09-08	11	1st	2 6 9 13
2025-08-28	10	2nd	1 2 6 11
2025-08-18	3	2nd	1 2 9 18
2025-08-15	6	1st	2 8 19 25
2025-08-09	8	2nd	1 2 13 21
2025-08-01	2	1st	2 13 20 26
2025-07-30	9	1st	2 11 12 20
2025-07-21	17	1st	2 17 22 25
2025-07-04	4	1st	2 6 18 21
2025-06-30	1	1st	2 4 7 18
2025-06-29	5	1st	2 9 17 19
2025-06-24	13	1st	2 7 18 21
2025-06-11	1	1st	2 13 17 18
2025-06-10	11	1st	2 17 19 21
2025-05-30	1	1st	2 9 22 24
2025-05-29	2	2nd	1 2 4 25
2025-05-27	7	1st	2 3 20 21
2025-05-20	19	1st	2 12 15 20
2025-05-01	27	1st	2 12 24 26
2025-04-04	14	1st	2 10 22 24
2025-03-21	8	1st	2 13 18 21
2025-03-13	3	1st	2 12 19 20
2025-03-10	12	1st	2 6 15 22
2025-02-26	3	1st	2 16 20 23
2025-02-23	10	2nd	1 2 5 15
2025-02-13	14	1st	2 4 13 18
2025-01-30	13	2nd	1 2 20 25
2025-01-17	24	1st	2 6 13 21
2024-12-24	1	1st	2 4 6 16
2024-12-23	30	1st	2 9 10 18
2024-11-23	22	1st	2 3 13 14
2024-11-01	1	2nd	1 2 12 13
2024-10-31	4	2nd	1 2 10 16
2024-10-27	0	3rd	1 1 2
2024-10-27	3	3rd	1 1 2
2024-10-24	11	1st	2 9 14 14
2024-10-13	3	1st	2 19 25 25
2024-10-10	4	1st	2 5 6 26
2024-10-06	5	1st	2 3 17 23
2024-10-01	2	1st	2 11 15 24
2024-09-29	1	1st	2 3 17 18
2024-09-28	5	1st	2 6 9 24
2024-09-23	7	2nd	1 2 5 9
2024-09-16	10	1st	2 11 16 17
2024-09-06	8	1st	2 19 21 24
2024-08-29	4	1st	2 7 12 25
2024-08-25	4	1st	2 6 7 26
2024-08-21	3	1st	2 17 20 22
2024-08-18	8	1st	2 3 6 12
2024-08-10	10	1st	2 14 22 23
2024-07-31	10	1st	2 9 23 25
2024-07-21	4	1st	2 6 9 16
2024-07-17	2	1st	2 17 18 22
2024-07-15	14	1st	2 6 10 25
2024-07-01	4	1st	2 10 14 23
2024-06-27	1	1st	2 19 19 26
2024-06-26	5	1st	2 14 25 26
2024-06-21	2	1st	2 8 16 21
2024-06-19	14	1st	2 3 5 11
2024-06-05	9	1st	2 3 6 10
2024-05-27	5	1st	2 4 4 25
2024-05-22	3	1st	2 15 21 26
2024-05-19	1	1st	2 3 14 22
2024-05-18	5	1st	2 11 19 20
2024-05-13	1	1st	2 9 11 12
2024-05-12	5	1st	2 12 14 24
2024-05-07	3	1st	2 9 11 24
2024-05-04	19	1st	2 3 3 20
2024-04-15	6	1st	2 8 12 13
2024-04-09	2	1st	2 17 24 24
2024-04-07	2	1st	2 5 21 24
2024-04-05	15	1st	2 8 21 24
2024-03-21	0	1st	2 4 22
2024-03-21	4	1st	2 4 22
2024-03-17	5	2nd	1 2 8 21
2024-03-12	3	1st	2 9 18 24
2024-03-09	3	1st	2 3 12 18
2024-03-06	16	1st	2 12 12 23
2024-02-19	4	1st	2 5 16 26
2024-02-15	0	1st	2 4 20
2024-02-15	6	1st	2 4 20
2024-02-09	4	1st	2 8 12 26
2024-02-05	5	1st	2 6 8 25
2024-01-31	1	1st	2 14 22 26
2024-01-30	15	1st	2 3 12 20
2024-01-15	15	1st	2 3 11 16
2023-12-31	8	1st	2 17 23 25
2023-12-23	2	1st	2 11 14 17
2023-12-21	13	1st	2 3 11 22
2023-12-08	1	1st	2 5 9 25
2023-12-07	3	1st	2 4 21 24
2023-12-04	2	1st	2 5 14 22
2023-12-02	3	1st	2 6 17 24
2023-11-29	8	1st	2 20 21 21
2023-11-21	2	1st	2 5 14 22
2023-11-19	0	1st	2 14 19
2023-11-19	6	1st	2 14 19
2023-11-13	3	2nd	1 2 3 9
2023-11-10	5	1st	2 14 16 25
2023-11-05	1	1st	2 6 12 19
2023-11-04	1	1st	2 4 5 24
2023-11-03	3	1st	2 16 19 24
2023-10-31	0	2nd	1 2 23
2023-10-31	12	2nd	1 2 23
2023-10-19	5	2nd	1 2 7 16
2023-10-14	3	1st	2 6 7 19
2023-10-11	4	2nd	1 2 19 25
2023-10-07	3	1st	2 13 19 26
2023-10-04	5	1st	2 13 23 24
2023-09-29	7	2nd	1 2 3 17
2023-09-22	4	1st	2 10 14 24
2023-09-18	7	1st	2 13 16 19
2023-09-11	1	1st	2 10 14 18
2023-09-10	20	1st	2 6 13 16
2023-08-21	2	1st	2 4 20 23
2023-08-19	4	1st	2 15 19 26
2023-08-15	1	1st	2 14 18 25
2023-08-14	14	2nd	1 2 8 22
2023-07-31	6	1st	2 13 13 16
2023-07-25	4	1st	2 6 14 17
2023-07-21	20	1st	2 17 18 20
2023-07-01	1	1st	2 11 11 20
2023-06-30	1	1st	2 13 19 24
2023-06-29	2	1st	2 16 19 25
2023-06-27	0	2nd	1 2 16
2023-06-27	13	2nd	1 2 16
2023-06-14	7	1st	2 20 24 25
2023-06-07	4	2nd	1 2 8 17
2023-06-03	7	2nd	1 2 13 15
2023-05-27	4	1st	2 16 17 20
2023-05-23	1	1st	2 9 15 22
2023-05-22	1	1st	2 13 14 24
2023-05-21	6	1st	2 17 18 19
2023-05-15	3	1st	2 17 22 23
2023-05-12	10	1st	2 4 6 19
2023-05-02	10	1st	2 5 8 17
2023-04-22	2	2nd	1 2 12 23
2023-04-20	4	1st	2 11 13 19
2023-04-16	6	1st	2 11 23 25
2023-04-10	16	1st	2 11 26 26
2023-03-25	0	1st	2 9 20
2023-03-25	11	1st	2 9 20
2023-03-14	5	1st	2 15 15 21
2023-03-09	2	1st	2 4 12 15
2023-03-07	14	1st	2 6 21 23
2023-02-21	2	1st	2 14 15 16
2023-02-19	4	1st	2 3 9 10
2023-02-15	3	1st	2 4 4 24
2023-02-12	4	1st	2 5 17 20
2023-02-08	9	1st	2 21 22 22
2023-01-30	12	1st	2 14 19 24
2023-01-18	3	1st	2 3 16 25
2023-01-15	1	1st	2 16 20 26
2023-01-14	6	1st	2 13 15 17
2023-01-08	2	1st	2 4 8 26
2023-01-06	11	1st	2 4 14 25
2022-12-26	22	1st	2 6 17 22
2022-12-04	9	1st	2 16 23 25
2022-11-25	2	1st	2 5 8 21
2022-11-23	—	1st	2 10 23 25