2by2

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2by2
Formation2002;24 years ago (2002)
Location
Owner Multi-State Lottery Association
Website www.powerball.com/2by2

2by2 is a lottery game offered in Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming. It is drawn nightly at the Iowa headquarters of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). Kansas and Nebraska started the game in 2002; North Dakota joined in 2006, with Wyoming added on March 14, 2021. [1] Idaho joined on April 18, 2021, [2] but ended participation on August 26, 2022. [3]

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Players choose two numbers from 1 through 26 in each of two number fields (red and white). Only one match (in either field) is needed to win. The top prize of $22,000, originally $20,000 (which is fixed, rather than a jackpot), is won by matching all four numbers.

Players who buy a ticket good for seven consecutive drawings(or increments of 7 draws: 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 or 42) are eligible for a doubling of the top prize (to $44,000) if the top prize is won on a Tuesday.

MUSL, from 1996 to 1998, offered a similar game called Daily Millions, with a grand prize of $1 million cash. Daily Millions had red, white, and blue number fields, in which players chose two numbers of each color.

The Arizona-only game 2by2, begun in 2009, was played in the same manner; it had a top prize of $20,000. The Arizona version of 2by2 held its final drawing on May 17, 2014; it was replaced by All or Nothing , of which it joined several versions of that game, including one played in both Minnesota and Iowa.

Paytable and odds for a $1 wager

MatchesPrize2by2 Tuesday PrizeProbability of winning [4]
One RedFree Ticket2 Free Tickets1:8
One WhiteFree Ticket2 Free Tickets1:8
One Red and One White$3$61:45.8
Two Red$3$61:382.7
Two White$3$61:382.7
Two Red and One White$100$2001:2,200.5
Two White and One Red$100$2001:2,200.5
Two Red and Two White$22,000$44,0001:105,625

References

  1. "WyoLotto to launch daily draw game, 2by2, on March 14". 11 March 2021.
  2. "Idaho Lottery Introduces New 2by2 Daily Draw Game; Weekly Grand Moves to Daily Draws | Idaho Lottery".
  3. "Idaho Lottery's 2by2 page".
  4. "2 by 2 pays". powerball.com. Retrieved May 5, 2013.