Number 2

In 2by2 under the 3/26 · Nov 2016 – Sep 2022 rules — 1,768 draws, 3 from 1–26 (an earlier era).

259times drawn · chance expected 204 +4.09σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

63longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

2 deviates beyond what chance explains for a pool of 26

Drawn 259 times in 1,768 draws against 204.0 expected, +4.09σ. It passes even the threshold tightened for testing every number at once. Read the draw-by-draw history below before reading anything into it — and it still says nothing about the next draw.

Number 2, draw by draw

Drawn 259 times in 1,768 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 63 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest233 · chance 238.3
2nd smallest26 · chance 20.7
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 11 5 1 3 4

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
2022-09-19	3	2nd	1 2 6
2022-09-16	7	1st	2 18 21
2022-09-08	15	1st	2 5 25
2022-08-24	1	2nd	1 2 25
2022-08-23	14	1st	2 10 10
2022-08-09	1	1st

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 3/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-05-06	1	1st	2 13 17
2022-05-05	1	1st	2 13 24
2022-05-04	8	2nd	1 2 12
2022-04-26	3	1st	2 5 26
2022-04-23	3	1st	2 9 11
2022-04-20	6	1st	2 7 12
2022-04-14	4	1st	2 15 23
2022-04-10	1	1st	2 11 12
2022-04-09	24	1st	2 13 22
2022-03-16	13	1st	2 6 7
2022-03-03	6	1st	2 5 10
2022-02-25	3	1st	2 11 24
2022-02-22	3	1st	2 11 21
2022-02-19	4	1st	2 6 26
2022-02-15	4	2nd	1 2 19
2022-02-11	6	1st	2 16 18
2022-02-05	1	1st	2 6 18
2022-02-04	4	1st	2 9 16
2022-01-31	1	2nd	1 2 16
2022-01-30	5	1st	2 6 22
2022-01-25	2	1st	2 6 26
2022-01-23	10	1st	2 4 21
2022-01-13	2	1st	2 7 14
2022-01-11	3	1st	2 3 26
2022-01-08	13	1st	2 21 25
2021-12-26	3	1st	2 12 24
2021-12-23	22	1st	2 4 25
2021-12-01	1	1st	2 16 21
2021-11-30	9	1st	2 20 22
2021-11-21	46	2nd	1 2 16
2021-10-06	14	1st	2 15 18
2021-09-22	0	1st	2 19
2021-09-22	11	1st	2 19
2021-09-11	16	1st	2 5 23
2021-08-26	3	1st	2 12 16
2021-08-23	24	1st	2 6 12
2021-07-30	3	1st	2 7 21
2021-07-27	12	1st	2 3 3
2021-07-15	7	1st	2 15 22
2021-07-08	2	1st	2 9 14
2021-07-06	12	1st	2 10 19
2021-06-24	25	1st	2 14 26
2021-05-30	2	1st	2 5 5
2021-05-28	2	1st	2 18 19
2021-05-26	14	1st	2 10 12
2021-05-12	5	1st	2 11 20
2021-05-07	2	2nd	1 2 5
2021-05-05	3	1st	2 13 23
2021-05-02	10	1st	2 11 20
2021-04-22	2	1st	2 9 15
2021-04-20	14	1st	2 4 21
2021-04-06	1	1st	2 15 25
2021-04-05	7	1st	2 7 15
2021-03-29	4	1st	2 10 15
2021-03-25	2	1st	2 6 20
2021-03-23	7	1st	2 11 14
2021-03-16	4	1st	2 3 22
2021-03-12	4	1st	2 13 15
2021-03-08	1	1st	2 3 19
2021-03-07	2	1st	2 3 26
2021-03-05	4	1st	2 4 7
2021-03-01	4	1st	2 5 11
2021-02-25	3	1st	2 4 25
2021-02-22	24	1st	2 4 6
2021-01-29	9	1st	2 5 23
2021-01-20	3	1st	2 21 22
2021-01-17	12	1st	2 7 21
2021-01-05	8	1st	2 13 23
2020-12-28	2	1st	2 8 13
2020-12-26	4	1st	2 3 25
2020-12-22	7	1st	2 11 23
2020-12-15	1	2nd	1 2 22
2020-12-14	5	1st	2 7 10
2020-12-09	1	1st	2 18 23
2020-12-08	4	1st	2 14 16
2020-12-04	3	1st	2 7 9
2020-12-01	12	1st	2 5 21
2020-11-19	3	1st	2 11 26
2020-11-16	2	1st	2 12 21
2020-11-14	3	1st	2 16 24
2020-11-11	9	1st	2 4 8
2020-11-02	4	1st	2 3 13
2020-10-29	1	1st	2 3 6
2020-10-28	4	1st	2 9 25
2020-10-24	5	1st	2 11 21
2020-10-19	2	2nd	1 2 10
2020-10-17	2	1st	2 19 24
2020-10-15	2	1st	2 6 17
2020-10-13	5	2nd	1 2 7
2020-10-08	12	1st	2 6 18
2020-09-26	14	2nd	1 2 25
2020-09-12	4	2nd	1 2 25
2020-09-08	2	1st	2 5 9
2020-09-06	0	1st	2 22
2020-09-06	2	1st	2 22
2020-09-04	3	1st	2 9 25
2020-09-01	2	1st	2 3 17
2020-08-30	10	2nd	1 2 15
2020-08-20	3	1st	2 9 12
2020-08-17	3	1st	2 5 20
2020-08-14	4	1st	2 3 20
2020-08-10	3	1st	2 4 19
2020-08-07	3	1st	2 4 17
2020-08-04	32	1st	2 7 26
2020-07-03	8	1st	2 21 23
2020-06-25	27	1st	2 7 22
2020-05-29	5	1st	2 5 25
2020-05-24	3	1st	2 8 9
2020-05-21	3	1st	2 11 16
2020-05-18	6	1st	2 11 13
2020-05-12	17	2nd	1 2 7
2020-04-25	12	1st	2 4 7
2020-04-13	6	1st	2 5 9
2020-04-07	5	2nd	1 2 3
2020-04-02	14	1st	2 6 24
2020-03-19	3	1st	2 6 24
2020-03-16	0	1st	2 17
2020-03-16	2	1st	2 17
2020-03-14	6	1st	2 5 16
2020-03-08	1	1st	2 4 22
2020-03-07	5	1st	2 5 8
2020-03-02	9	2nd	1 2 16
2020-02-22	13	1st	2 6 8
2020-02-09	6	1st	2 11 19
2020-02-03	5	1st	2 13 23
2020-01-29	13	1st	2 13 14
2020-01-16	2	1st	2 16 26
2020-01-14	12	1st	2 3 4
2020-01-02	17	1st	2 9 13
2019-12-16	1	1st	2 6 9
2019-12-15	3	1st	2 9 20
2019-12-12	20	1st	2 11 21
2019-11-22	2	1st	2 10 13
2019-11-20	1	1st	2 17 18
2019-11-19	4	1st	2 13 14
2019-11-15	1	1st	2 4 5
2019-11-14	16	1st	2 9 20
2019-10-29	2	1st	2 10 14
2019-10-27	5	2nd	1 2 19
2019-10-22	36	1st	2 18 19
2019-09-16	5	1st	2 6 10
2019-09-11	0	1st	2 10
2019-09-11	3	1st	2 10
2019-09-08	32	1st	2 6 16
2019-08-07	30	1st	2 3 18
2019-07-08	1	1st	2 4 18
2019-07-07	5	1st	2 8 22
2019-07-02	3	1st	2 11 19
2019-06-29	6	1st	2 8 8
2019-06-23	8	1st	2 3 20
2019-06-15	7	2nd	1 2 25
2019-06-08	2	1st	2 14 21
2019-06-06	28	1st	2 7 11
2019-05-09	5	1st	2 16 24
2019-05-04	3	1st	2 4 8
2019-05-01	2	1st	2 6 8
2019-04-29	1	1st	2 4 4
2019-04-28	2	1st	2 6 13
2019-04-26	14	1st	2 13 25
2019-04-12	4	1st	2 6 7
2019-04-08	3	1st	2 17 17
2019-04-05	4	1st	2 16 25
2019-04-01	1	1st	2 13 22
2019-03-31	1	1st	2 6 18
2019-03-30	9	1st	2 6 19
2019-03-21	1	1st	2 12 22
2019-03-20	15	1st	2 5 6
2019-03-05	6	1st	2 13 17
2019-02-27	2	1st	2 6 20
2019-02-25	6	2nd	1 2 14
2019-02-19	4	1st	2 5 11
2019-02-15	6	1st	2 3 9
2019-02-09	4	1st	2 6 14
2019-02-05	1	1st	2 16 21
2019-02-04	1	1st	2 16 23
2019-02-03	2	1st	2 9 15
2019-02-01	3	1st	2 3 20
2019-01-29	5	1st	2 10 26
2019-01-24	4	1st	2 12 24
2019-01-20	12	1st	2 8 15
2019-01-08	6	1st	2 12 24
2019-01-02	14	1st	2 15 24
2017-12-19	4	1st	2 3 8
2017-12-15	0	1st	2 5
2017-12-15	6	1st	2 5
2017-12-09	6	1st	2 12 16
2017-12-03	23	1st	2 18 19
2017-11-10	3	1st	2 8 18
2017-11-07	9	1st	2 3 26
2017-10-29	6	2nd	1 2 11
2017-10-23	1	1st	2 5 24
2017-10-22	6	1st	2 7 9
2017-10-16	4	1st	2 4 8
2017-10-12	1	1st	2 18 26
2017-10-11	22	1st	2 11 11
2017-09-19	6	1st	2 14 26
2017-09-13	7	1st	2 16 21
2017-09-06	6	1st	2 15 18
2017-08-31	10	1st	2 17 18
2017-08-21	1	1st	2 12 17
2017-08-20	17	1st	2 9 10
2017-08-03	5	2nd	1 2 10
2017-07-29	3	1st	2 19 22
2017-07-26	19	1st	2 7 10
2017-07-07	63	1st	2 4 16
2017-05-05	2	2nd	1 2 7
2017-05-03	1	1st	2 5 18
2017-05-02	4	1st	2 4 12
2017-04-28	0	1st	2 11
2017-04-28	2	1st	2 11
2017-04-26	3	1st	2 7 18
2017-04-23	16	1st	2 15 21
2017-04-07	3	1st	2 8 15
2017-04-04	1	2nd	1 2 13
2017-04-03	1	2nd	1 2 13
2017-04-02	1	1st	2 9 25
2017-04-01	11	1st	2 9 25
2017-03-21	2	1st	2 7 19
2017-03-19	25	1st	2 3 20
2017-02-22	16	1st	2 5 7
2017-02-06	5	1st	2 8 17
2017-02-01	8	1st	2 10 13
2017-01-24	3	1st	2 17 23
2017-01-21	2	1st	2 20 21
2017-01-19	1	1st	2 8 26
2017-01-18	2	1st	2 8 10
2017-01-16	3	1st	2 11 25
2017-01-13	14	1st	2 3 6
2016-12-30	10	1st	2 22 25
2016-12-20	1	1st	2 23 26
2016-12-19	0	1st	2 11
2016-12-19	1	1st	2 11
2016-12-18	23	1st	2 3 5
2016-11-25	1	1st	2 18 25
2016-11-24	—	1st	2 6 13