# 2by2

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{{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](/source/United_States)
| owner               = [Multi-State Lottery Association](/source/Multi-State_Lottery_Association)
| website             = {{URL|https://www.powerball.com/2by2}}
}}
'''2by2''' is a [lottery](/source/lottery) game offered in [Kansas](/source/Kansas_Lottery), [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska_Lottery), [North Dakota](/source/North_Dakota_Lottery), and [Wyoming](/source/WyoLotto). It is drawn nightly at the Iowa headquarters of the [Multi-State Lottery Association](/source/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 &#124; 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](/source/Progressive_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](/source/Daily_Millions), with a grand prize of $1 million [cash](/source/cash). Daily Millions had [red, white, and blue](/source/Flag_of_the_United_States) number fields, in which players chose two numbers of each color.

The [Arizona](/source/Arizona_Lottery)-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](/source/All_or_Nothing_(lottery))'', of which it joined several versions of that game, including one played in both [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota_Lottery) and [Iowa](/source/Iowa_Lottery).

==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]

{{U.S. lotteries}}

Category:Economy of the Midwestern United States
Category:Lottery games in the United States
Category:Computer-drawn lottery games

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