{{Short description|American lottery game}} {{Other uses|Two by Two (disambiguation){{!}}Two by Two}} {{Infobox organization | image = xx-2by2-1.svg | formation = {{start date and age|2002}} | name = 2by2 | location = United States | owner = Multi-State Lottery Association | website = {{URL|https://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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wyolotto.com/wyolotto-to-launch-daily-draw-game-2by2-on-march-14/|title = WyoLotto to launch daily draw game, 2by2, on March 14|date = 11 March 2021}}</ref> Idaho joined on April 18, 2021,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idaholottery.com/happenings/press-releases/idaho-lottery-introduces-new-2by2-daily-draw-game-weekly-grand-moves-to-daily-draws|title=Idaho Lottery Introduces New 2by2 Daily Draw Game; Weekly Grand Moves to Daily Draws | Idaho Lottery}}</ref> but ended participation on August 26, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idaholottery.com/games/draw/2by2|title=Idaho Lottery's 2by2 page}}</ref>
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== {| class="wikitable" !Matches !Prize !2by2 Tuesday Prize !Probability of winning <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.powerball.com/2by2/2by2_prizes.asp |title=2 by 2 pays |publisher=powerball.com |accessdate=May 5, 2013}}</ref> |- |One Red |Free Ticket |2 Free Tickets |1:8 |- |One White |Free Ticket |2 Free Tickets |1:8 |- |One Red and One White |$3 |$6 |1:45.8 |- |Two Red |$3 |$6 |1:382.7 |- |Two White |$3 |$6 |1:382.7 |- |Two Red and One White |$100 |$200 |1:2,200.5 |- |Two White and One Red |$100 |$200 |1:2,200.5 |- |Two Red and Two White |$22,000 |$44,000 |1:105,625 |}
==References== {{Reflist|refs={{cite web |url=http://www.powerball.com/2by2/2by2_prizes.asp |title= 2by2 payouts}} }}
==External links== *[https://www.powerball.com/2by2 2by2 page at Powerball web site]
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